#Margaret Brown

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Pick of the Day: “Descendant”

What does it mean to be a descendant? The concept of ancestry is nebulous, abstract, and often taken for granted by folks who are lucky enough to be able to trace their genealogy. To be a lineal...

Trailers

Trailer Watch: “Descendant” Spotlights the Legacy of the Last Slave Ship to Arrive in U.S.

“You have this type of history, your ancestors are going to always talk to you,” we’re told in a new trailer for Margaret Brown’s “Descendant.” The Netflix doc...

Interviews

NYFF 2022 Women Directors: Meet Margaret Brown – “Descendant”

Margaret Brown’s documentary work examines the American South, from a seminal film on Townes Van Zandt “Be Here to Love Me,” to the impactful story of the BP oil spill’s lasting impact “The...

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Festivals

Sundance Deals: “Free Chol Soo Lee,” “Descendant,” “Watcher,” and “Am I OK?”

More women-directed films have found homes out of Sundance 2022, joining the likes of Sara Dosa’s “Fire of Love” and Sophie Hyde’s “Good Luck to You, Leo...

Documentary, Festivals, Interviews, News

SXSW Women Directors: Meet Margaret Brown

Alabama native Margaret Brown is a Peabody Award-winning director whose last documentary feature, The Order of Myths, received the Truer Than Fiction Award at the 2009 Independent Spirit Awards and...

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