Grenada: Confronting the Past

Grenada: Confronting the Past (2022)

May 14th, 20220h 24min

Documentary, History
0%

Overview

In the eighteenth century, the family of BBC World News anchor and correspondent, Laura Trevelyan, were absentee slave owners on the island of Grenada, profiting for years from the sale of sugar harvested from five different sugar cane plantations. When slavery was abolished in 1834, the UK government paid compensation to slave owners, but the enslaved received nothing. In the wake of the racial reckoning in America following the death of George Floyd, Grenada's national commission on reparations for slavery has begun to meet and debate what reparations means. In this film, Laura she travels to Grenada to try and learn more about the legacy of slavery on Grenada and her family's involvement in the slave trade.


Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!

Trailer

Similar Movies

Spartacus

Spartacus


Released on: 1960-10-13
History, War, Drama, Adventure

The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. A...

The Warrior

The Warrior


Released on: 2001-09-07
History, Drama, Action, War

In 1375, China was in chaos between Yuan Dynasty and Ming Dynasty. Coryo (an ancient kingdom of Kore...

Apocalypto

Apocalypto


Released on: 2006-12-07
Action, Drama, History

Set in the Mayan civilization, when a man's idyllic presence is brutally disrupted by a violent inva...

Surviving Clotilda

Surviving Clotilda


Released on:
History, Documentary

In July 1860, the schooner Clotilda slipped quietly into the dark waters of Mobile, Ala., holding 11...

Amistad

Amistad


Released on: 1997-12-10
Drama, History, Mystery

In 1839, the slave ship Amistad set sail from Cuba to America. During the long trip, Cinque leads th...

Abina and the Important Men

Abina and the Important Men


Released on: 2017-06-16
Animation, Documentary

Set against the backdrop of the Gold Coast of West Africa in 1876, "Abina and the Important Men" fol...

Gardens of the Orient

Gardens of the Orient


Released on: 1936-01-01
Documentary

This portait of life on the tea plantations is decidedly rosy – clearly, there are no exploited work...

The Ten Commandments

The Ten Commandments


Released on: 1956-10-05
Drama, History

Escaping death, a Hebrew infant is raised in a royal household to become a prince. Upon discovery of...

The Price of Sugar

The Price of Sugar


Released on: 2013-09-26
Drama, History

A story about two half-sisters life in the eighteenth century Suriname. There is Lynda, a white col...

La montagne est verte

La montagne est verte


Released on: 1950-06-01
Documentary

Hitlers Menschenhändler: Juden als Austauschware

Hitlers Menschenhändler: Juden als Austauschware


Released on: 2011-09-20
Documentary

The SS chief Heinrich Himmler wanted to exchange Jews against so-called German Reich abroad, against...

The Middle Passage

The Middle Passage


Released on: 1997-12-11
Documentary

"Explores the 400-year era of the transatlantic slave trade, when millions of Africans were kidnappe...

This Magnificent Cake!

This Magnificent Cake!


Released on: 2018-12-20
Animation, History, Comedy, Drama, Mystery

In 1885, Africa is a succulent cake destined to be wildly divided and everyone wants a piece. A dist...

Out of Africa

Out of Africa


Released on: 1985-12-20
History, Romance, Drama

Tells the life story of Danish author Karen Blixen, who at the beginning of the 20th century moved t...

Ghost Fleet

Ghost Fleet


Released on: 2018-08-31
Documentary

Ghost Fleet follows a small group of activists who risk their lives on remote Indonesian islands to ...

Death of a Nation

Death of a Nation


Released on: 2018-08-03
Documentary, History

Parallels are drawn between Abraham Lincoln's presidency and the presidency of Donald Trump. Not sin...

Xica

Xica


Released on: 1976-09-06
History, Drama, Comedy

The romanced story of Xica da Silva, a slave that used her "feminine atributes" in order to get powe...

Caixa D'Água: Qui-Lombo é Esse?

Caixa D'Água: Qui-Lombo é Esse?


Released on: 2012-12-04
Documentary

The documentary "Caixa D'água: Qui-lombo is this?" It reports, through testimonies from former resid...

Dragonard

Dragonard


Released on: 1987-05-12
Drama, History

In 1747, a handsome but rebellious Scotsman named Richard Abdee is auctioned off as a slave on a Car...

Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party

Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party


Released on: 2016-07-15
Documentary

Bestselling author and influential filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza reveals the sordid truth about Hillary C...