If you only see one documentary this year, make it this one.

P.O.V. 21st TV season premieres Tuesday, June 23, with a film we have been watching in development for years, "TRACES OF THE TRADE: A Story from the Deep North" by Katrina Browne. We first experienced the project during the Animating Democracy Initiative, where Brown worked with audiences on the film's topic: the fact that she had discovered that her Rhode Island ancestors were the largest slave-trading family in U.S. history. She and members of her family talk about that history and travel together to Africa.

Web extras: Visit the P.O.V. website to read an excerpt from "Inheriting the Trade," a deeply personal memoir by a family member who went on the journey. Learn more about the ongoing debate surrounding reparations in the U.S. with additional video interviews. Download an audio podcast in which Katrina Browne talks about the making of the film and what she learned from the journey. Share your thoughts on the Web or by e-mail. Access lesson plans and video clips. Applu online to host a screening and discussion of the film.

   

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