Other Work
Descendant (2022)
Director: Margaret Brown
Producer: Essie Chambers
Documentary; NR, 109 min
Descendant tells the story of the Clotilda — the last known ship to smuggle stolen Africans to America — the unthinkable cover-up, and the impact of that crime on generations of descendants living in Africatown. Once the past is revealed, can the future be reclaimed?
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The New Public (2013)
Director: Jyllian Gunther
Producer: Essie Chambers
Documentary; NR, 87m
An ambitious group of educators create a small, public high school in an under served neighborhood of Brooklyn. When their idealistic vision is confronted with some harsh realities faced by the community, they struggle to adapt.