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Family across the sea

A small band of people of the Gullah heritage from South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and Oklahoma travel to Sierra Leone to trace connections between their heritage and that of the people of West Africa.

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  • "The film documents the linguistic and cultural connection between the Gullahs of the Sea Islands and the Africans of Sierra Leone and a visit made by a Gullah delegation to the West African brothers and sisters they had not realized they had."
  • "A small band of people of the Gullah heritage from South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and Oklahoma travel to Sierra Leone to trace connections between their heritage and that of the people of West Africa."@en
  • ""[The program] is a documentary exploring the cultural, historical, and linguistic connections between the 'Gullah' people of the Southeastern United States, and the people of Sierra Leone in West Africa ... The Gullah, rural blacks descended from rice plantation slaves, possess a unique culture that has flourished in isolation. ... revisionist scholars have re-examined the Gullah, discovering surprising links to their African ancestors in Sierra Leone ... The documentary takes a conventional look at the history, but also follows a group of Gullah people on a journey to their homeland where they are eagerly welcomed by their brothers and sisters. On the same trip, they confront their fore-parents enslavement in a Sierra Leone slaver fort."--Excerpts from 1990 Peabody Awards entry form. Includes interviews with members of the delegation, Gullahs in South Carolina, people from Sierra Leone, and an American anthropologist who discovered the connection in documents in Sierra Leone and the United States. Uses historical photographs, maps, recordings, diaries, etc."
  • "This award-winning program explores the remarkable connections between the Gullah of the South Carolina/Georgia Sea Islands and the people of West Africa, particularly those of Sierra Leone. Taped in South Carolina and Africa, the program traces the truly unparalleled historical connection and continued relationship dating from the time of slavery, and examines the development of the two cultures over the course of time."
  • "A documentary exploring the cultural, historical, and linguistic connections between the 'Gullah' people of the Southeastern United States, and the people of Sierra Leone in West Africa, A delegation of Gullah people travels from the United States to Sierra Leone to trace the roots of their heritage."@en
  • "A delegation of Gullah people travels from the United States to Sierra Leone to trace the roots of their heritage."
  • "A delegation of Gullah people travels from the United States to Sierra Leone to trace the roots of their heritage."@en
  • "Documents the connection between the Gullah people of South Carolina and the people of Sierra Leone. Shows how the Gullah customs and language (containing over 3000 African words) have survived over two hundred years."

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  • "Documentaries and factual films and video"@en
  • "Documentaries and factual films and video"
  • "Documentary films"
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  • "Television"
  • "Nonfiction films"
  • "Genealogy"
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  • "Black films and programs"@en
  • "History"
  • "History"@en
  • "Television programs"@en
  • "Nonfiction television programs"@en

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  • "Family across the sea"@en
  • "Family across the sea"
  • "Family across the sea : an exploration of the remarkable connections between the Gullah of the South Carolina/Georgia islands and the people of Sierra Leone, West Africa"

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