Film critic Godfrey Cheshire tests his hand at directing with a well-meaning documentary about his personal family history as it’s rooted in the Southern tradition of slavery.
Cheshire discovers black family members to whom he’s related as he follows the arduous move of his family’s plantation mansion (named Midway) away from the encroaching blight of suburban malls devastating a once beautiful part of Raleigh, North Carolina.
The film offers a probing and patient analyses of converging social movements related to everything from the nomination of the country’s first black President to how people relate their family’s history.
NYU professor Dr. Robert Hinton adds essential context and an emotional touchstone from his commentary as the grandson of a slave who lived and worked on the Midway Plantation.
Not Rated. 98 mins.
