Film Screening & Discussion
"Traces of the Trade:
A Story from the Deep North"
"Traces of the Trade:
A Story from the Deep North"
Official Selection of the 2008 Sundance Film Festival
A P.O.V. Film
March 26, 2009 5:30-8pm
Urban Institute of Contemporary Arts - Grand Rapids
Follows Filmmaker Katrina Browne as she comes to terms with a troubling discovery - her New England Ancestors were the largest slave trading family in U.S. History.
View a Preview of the Film
After the film, Katrina Browne and world renowned artist Paul Collins engaged in a conversation with the audience facilitated by John Van Regenmorter of Bethany Christian Services, a partner in the Campaign for Love & Forgiveness. Artwork by Paul Collins was on display.
" We are the World, We are the Future" by Paul Collins
Courtesy Collins Fine Art