A Family Called Abrew
Essential Documentaries
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Leaving September 1
Directed by Maureen Blackwood | 41 mins | 1992
Founding member of the Sankofa Film and Video Collective Maureen Blackwood crafts a poignant multi-generational portrait of a Black family with deep roots in Scotland: early in the 20th century, well before the post-World War II arrival of the “Windrush generation,” the Abrews made a name for themselves there in boxing and the theater—shining center stage while also subject to the prejudices of their largely white audiences.
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