"After Sherman" reflects on Black Americans returning to the South

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Thom Powers
Documentary of the Week | Jun 2, 2023

New York based-filmmaker Jon-Sesrie Goff traces his family's roots in the Gullah community of South Carolina in "After Sherman," a title evoking the Civil War general. The film is more poetic than didactic as it connects the past to the present.

 

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