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Spotlighting the documentaries “The Boy from Medellín,” “Far East Deep South,” and « Unmarked. »

“Unmarked” – Lost [MOVIE REVIEW] SHARE Mount Zion Cemetery in Middletown, VA. An African American cemetery in use between 1801 and 1954. Photo courtesy of First Run Features, Mount Zion Cemetery in Middletown, VA. An African American cemetery in use between 1801 and 1954. Photo courtesy of First Run Features, “Unmarked,” a well-intentioned short documentary that seeks to shine a light on heritage lost and heritage found, focuses primarily on the unmarked and abandoned graves of African Americans in Virginia. The discovery of unmarked slave graves on the property of a prese...

Andrea Blackstone | 4/16/2021, 6 a.m. . Courtesy photo In recent years, interest in locating burial grounds of enslaved people has grown. There is even a project called The National Burial Database of Enslaved Americans (NBDEA), which Slaververyremembrance.org describes as “the first and only national database to document individual burials and burial grounds of enslaved Americans.” However, for actor, writer, filmmaker and director of the Study of the Legacy of Slavery in Maryland, Chris Haley, delving into Black history has nearly been a lifelong calling. His gra...