Loyalties
Brief Synopsis
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Carmelita Robertson is an African Nova Scotian who meets Dr. Ruth Holmes Whitehead, a Caucasian native from South Carolina. Their realizations about the past take an unexpected turn with the suspicion that perhaps Whitehead's family had owned some of Robertson's ancestors as slaves. Traveling back t
Cast & Crew
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Lesley Ann Patten
Director
Peter Giffen
Editor
Kent Martin
Producer
Kent Nason
Cinematographer
Steven Naylor
Music
Lesley Ann Patten
Editor
Film Details
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
1999
Technical Specs
Duration
58m
Synopsis
Carmelita Robertson is an African Nova Scotian who meets Dr. Ruth Holmes Whitehead, a Caucasian native from South Carolina. Their realizations about the past take an unexpected turn with the suspicion that perhaps Whitehead's family had owned some of Robertson's ancestors as slaves. Traveling back to the site of the old slave plantation, the two women are forced to confront issues of friendship through the lens of race.
Director
Lesley Ann Patten
Director
Film Details
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
1999
Technical Specs
Duration
58m
