Descendant. 2022. Directed by Margaret Brown

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Held on Thu, Jan 5, 2023, 7:00 p.m.

Followed by a conversation with Margaret Brown, Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, Essie Chambers, and Yance Ford

MoMA, Floor T2/T1, Theater 1

The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 1

Descendant. 2022. USA. Directed by Margaret Brown. 109 min.

“Clotilda, the last known ship carrying enslaved Africans to the United States, arrived in Alabama 40 years after African slave trading became a capital offense. It was promptly burned and its existence denied. After a century shrouded in secrecy and speculation, descendants of Clotilda’s survivors are reclaiming their story” (Sundance Film Festival 2022). Winner of the Special Jury Award at the Sundance Film Festival

For members at the Explore category and above, tickets will become available two weeks before the screening date, starting at 10:30 a.m. Additional tickets will be available to members and the general public one week before the screening date, also at 10:30 a.m. Please note that space is extremely limited and tickets will be in high demand.

This film accompanies The Contenders 2022.

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