Grenada: Confronting the Past (2022)
Grenada: Confronting the Past (2022)
In the eighteenth century, the family of BBC World News anchor and correspondent, Laura Trevelyan, were absentee slave owners on the island of Grenada, profiting for years from the sale of sugar harvested from five different sugar cane plantations. When slavery was abolished in 1834, the UK government paid compensation to slave owners, but the enslaved received nothing. In the wake of the racial reckoning in America following the death of George Floyd, Grenada's national commission on reparations for slavery has begun to meet and debate what reparations means. In this film, Laura she travels to Grenada to try and learn more about the legacy of slavery on Grenada and her family's involvement in the slave trade.

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Laura Trevelyan Laura Trevelyan As: Self - Host
Nicole Phillip-Dowe Nicole Phillip-Dowe As: Self
Dunbar 'DC' Campbell Dunbar 'DC' Campbell As: Self
Garfield Hankey Garfield Hankey As: Self
Arley Gill Arley Gill As: Self
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In the eighteenth century, the family of BBC World News anchor and correspondent, Laura Trevelyan, were absentee slave owners on the island of Grenada, profiting for years from the sale of sugar harvested from five different sugar cane plantations. When slavery was abolished in 1834, the UK government paid compensation to slave owners, but the enslaved received nothing. In the wake of the racial reckoning in America following the death of George Floyd, Grenada's national commission on reparations for slavery has begun to meet and debate what reparations means. In this film, Laura she travels to Grenada to try and learn more about the legacy of slavery on Grenada and her family's involvement in the slave trade.


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Certification: PG

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Genres: Documentary, History

Language: English

Release Date: 14 May 2022

Country: GD, GB

Runtime: 24m

Company Credits

Company: BBC

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Koralie Barrau

Koralie Barrau

Producer

Vara Szajkowski

Vara Szajkowski

Executive Producer

Sarah Robbins

Sarah Robbins

Executive Producer

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Stephen Greaves

Stephen Greaves

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