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GoodGoodWatch scoreSummary
When Dr. Ruth Whitehead meets graduate student Carmelita Robertson, who had come to do research at the Museum of Natural History in Halifax, the women realize both their ancestors come from South Carolina, and that their names sound shudderingly familiar.
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Running time
57 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 documentaries, −39 min on the typical 96
typical 9657Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country
Released
1999
January 1, 1999
27 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- Canada
Directing · 1
- Lesley Ann Patten Director, Producer, Script
Production · 1
- Kent Martin Producer
Camera · 1
- Kent Nason Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Peter Giffen Editor, Sound Editor
Sound · 2
- Steven Naylor Music
- Jane Porter Sound
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