Hey Thelma, Darlin'!! I watched this documentary today and both cried like a baby and was more inspired than I have been for a long, long time!

My maternal family's SC story is equally compelling (minus the Clotilde, of course) and, as it turned out even more painful in a different kind of way. I'm working with my cousin who's still in SC and has worked at one of the local TV stations as a videographer for some time. We've been working, researching and trying to get together to tell our family's, Sea Island story (before they finish that African-American Museum in Charleston and tell THEIR version of it, which I suspect they will try to do) for awhile.

My paternal family history is equally compelling. My maiden name plays a significant role in the Declaration of Independence of this country in general (kinda ironic right??), and in Charleston particularly. It's plastered over a lot of the city and surrounding areas. Those white folk made a damned KILLING on my Dad's family's free labor! That side is trying to get out in front of that shit by offering $2,000 scholarships to Black high school students when their families have made millions! It's only been in the not so distant past, that they've extended our stories in their little tours -- to make it seem like they were "the good white folk" (like the Foster guy in Descendant!).

I cannot begin to tell you how much that documentary meant to me. Thanks for the heads-up!❤️❤️❤️❤️