"Traces of the Trade" showing at St. Stephens

Katrina Browne, whose provocative film documentary Traces of the Trade has been critically acclaimed since its Sundance Film Festival debut, will attend a screening and lead a discussion of her film at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church (2750 McFarlane Road) on Sunday, December 6 at 7:30 pm. The screening is open to the public and free of charge.

Browne made the devastating discovery some years ago that a branch of her New England family, the DeWolfs, had been prominent in the slave trade from 1769 to 1820. Her research uncovered that buying and selling Africans was more than just a family business. It was a cornerstone of North American commercial life. The film follows nine family members as they retrace their family’s triangle trade from Rhode Island to Africa to the DeWolfs’ family-owned Cuban sugar plantations.

Katrina Browne is the niece of parishioner Ann Strickland.

Plymouth Congregational Church, also in Coconut Grove, has joined with St. Stephen’s in sponsoring this event for the community. The film will be shown in the church’s Great Hall, to the rear of the McFarlane parking lot.