Family Name
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Macky Alston
Macky Alston
George Degraffenreid
Fred Alston
Charlotte Blake Alston
Charles Alston
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
A real-life mystery of buried roots and well-kept secrets... As a child growing up in Durham, North Carolina, Macky Alston never questioned why all the other Alstons in his elementary school were black. Now twenty-five years later, he takes us on a quest to unravel this mystery. Equipped with a 16mm camera, filmmaker Macky Alston sets out to find the descendants of the slaves and the slave owners from a plantation once owned by his family. From New York to Alabama, Alston travels to family reunions, graveyards, churches and the original Alston plantations asking questions and digging up clues.
Director
Macky Alston
Cast
Macky Alston
George Degraffenreid
Fred Alston
Charlotte Blake Alston
Charles Alston
Wallace Mcpherson Alston
Crew
Macky Alston
Macky Alston
Jennifer Chaiken
Sandra Christie
Mimi Fountain
Kay Gayner
Nicholas Gottlieb
Nicholas Gottlieb
Camara Kambon
Selina Lewis
Eliot Rockett
Christopher White
Film Details
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Miscellaneous Notes
Co-winner of the Freedom of Expression Award, shared by Laura Angelica Simon for "Fear and Learning at Hoover Elementary" (USA/1996).
Winner of the Open Palm Award at the 1997 Independent Feature Project Gotham Awards.
Released in United States August 1997
Released in United States January 1997
Released in United States July 1997
Released in United States June 1997
Released in United States Summer September 3, 1997
Shown at Outfest '97: The Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival July 11-20, 1997.
Shown at San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival June 20-29, 1997.
Shown at Sundance Film Festival (in competition) in Park City, Utah January 16-26, 1997.
Shown at Urbanworld Film Festival (in competition) in New York City (Guild 50 Theatre) August 20-24, 1997.
Released in United States January 1997 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (in competition) in Park City, Utah January 16-26, 1997.)
Released in United States June 1997 (Shown at San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival June 20-29, 1997.)
Released in United States Summer September 3, 1997
Released in United States August 1997 (Shown at Urbanworld Film Festival (in competition) in New York City (Guild 50 Theatre) August 20-24, 1997.)
Released in United States July 1997 (Shown at Outfest '97: The Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival July 11-20, 1997.)
