Desendant
Director: Margaret Brown
DP: Justin Zweifach
Production Company: Netflix / Higher Ground Productions
Credit: Steadicam Operator
"Descendant" is a 2022 American historical documentary film directed by Margaret Brown, chronicling the story behind Africatown in Alabama, and the descendants of the last known enslaved Africans brought to the United States aboard the Clotilda. The film premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival, where it was picked up for wider distribution by Higher Ground Productions and Netflix. It received a theatrical release on October 21, 2022, and was available to stream on Netflix.