Roots

African Burial Ground

Animated short illustrating the African Burial Ground in lower Manhattan, and how burial rituals allowed African slaves a connection with their roots, after being ripped from their homelands.

Music is "L'Appel de la Forêt" by Madou Djembe

This animation was screened by the African Film Festival NY Inc. in 2011 as a part of the program “Untold Stories From Africa & the Diaspora ”

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[FULL ANIMATION]

and more stills.