Behind the Middle Passage: A Tale of Trauma and Healing from West Africa
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- City Lore is pleased to present as our Video of the Month, Behind the Middle Passage: A Tale of Trauma and Healing from West Africa. Director Kewulay Kamara performs the story of Kani Kuria, his great great grandmother who was presumed abducted and sold into enslavement in the 19th century. The short documentary tells the story of Atlantic slave trade from the rarely considered African perspective.
“This film,” says recent viewer, Jillian Harris, “still brings tears to my eyes because Kani Kuria is a story about motherhood, it’s a story about human trafficking, it’s a story about the sacred feminine, a story about loss - but it’s ultimately a love story which is very touching to me. As a person from the Caribbean it means I have that story in my lineage, I have that brokenness in my lineage that I need to repair. On the flip side of that the idea that I’m here means that that whoever that person was survived. In looking at that film I’m grateful for the endurance, grateful for their strength, I’m grateful for their fight - and that’s the part that makes me well up a little bit when I watch the film.”
Directed by Kewulay Kamara
Coproduced by Kewulay Kamara and Steve Zeitlin
Edited by Lee Eaton
Videography by Sergei Krasikov
Original Art by Madge Scott
Time: 20:40
City Lore, Special Projects, Films by City Lore Staff 7, Video 394
Beautiful and enlightening! Many thanks to Kewulay, Steve, City Lore, and all involved in the production of this important video.
Powerful! Yes, we need this now. The story of the genus of our collective and inter generational trauma - both at ‘home’ on the continent and in the diasporas.
Wonderful story. I'm so grateful. The ancestors recently told me that our people in Africa are also carrying the pain of our enslavement because it was theirs as well. We will unite so we can heal. Ase'
Teaching and healing through story, music, song, food, and filmmaking of the best kind. Thank you for this video. Packed with lessons too for living life, simple but never easy. Seeing my friend Sister Doctor Writer Rashida was a special treat. Congratulations to the filmmaker and producers and all involved.
Beautiful, touching and validating. Thank you so much. Blessings from our ancestors.
No doubt or surprises except that the harrowing stories are never being told. Thank you my brother for your courage in delivering episodes of these inhumane acts. Thank you again, Alusine. (your brother in Boston MA.)
An engaging and compelling tribute: acknowledging middle passage trauma and beyond.
He has never changed since our growing age a unique African man who is always proud of his Roots.👌🏿🙏
"The story is told!" - Alhamdillah. Thank you - not often is the a story delivered about the MidAtlantic Slave Trade that is intended to give pause to what happened to the village from the African Perspective when a member is lost/stolen.