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Thursday, March 18, 2010

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Katrina Browne, Producer/Director, Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North
Executive Director, The Tracing Center on Histories and Legacies of Slavery
kbrowne@tracesofthetrade.org o: 617-349-0019 c: 617-290-5275
Ms. Browne will be in Cuba from March 22-30, so may not be reachable then.

Marga Varea, Events and Development Director, The Tracing Center on Histories and Legacies of Slavery mvarea@tracesofthetrade.org o: 617-349-0019 c: 617-710-5436

The Tracing Center on Histories and Legacies of Slavery is pleased to announce that three representatives of the 2009 Emmy®-nominated documentary Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North will be traveling to Cuba with the Freedom Schooner Amistad next week. We are honored to be able to hold the Cuba premiere of the film during the Amistad’s visit. The ship is visiting Cuba from March 22-31 as part of the United Nations commemoration of March 25 as the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. For the press release from Amistad America please see: http://www.amistadamerica.org/content/view/1994/257/.

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Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North won best documentary last night at the 6th Bahamas International Film Festival.

Producer/director Katrina Browne was present to accept the “Spirit of Freedom: Documentary” award, one of four categories in which 68 films from 26 countries competed.

Actor Johnny Depp was honored with the film festival’s career achievement award.

The DeWolf family’s slaving voyages included at least one stop in the Bahamas.

Today, filmmaker Katrina Browne is the author of a commentary on CNN.com, entitled “Slavery needs more than an apology.”

In this opinion essay, Katrina writes about the significance of the U.S. Senate apology for slavery and discrimination, and offers her thoughts, as a descendant of U.S. slave traders, about what comes next.