Grenada Confronting the Past (2022)

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Grenada Confronting the Past
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StarringLaura TrevelyanNicole Phillip-DoweDunbar 'DC' Campbell
PG 24 minMay 14th, 2022History, Documentary
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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 Grenadas 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 familys involvement in the slave trade

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Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Vara Szajkowski, Sarah Robbins
Production Companies:BBC
Grenada Confronting the Past on the Web:Official Website
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