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Naomie Harris

Actor Naomie Harris’s dramatic discoveries in this episode inspire her to anger, sadness and tears of joy.

Actor Naomie Harris’s dramatic discoveries in this episode inspire her to anger, sadness and tears of joy. On a journey from Trinidad to Grenada to Jamaica, Naomie exposes her four-times-great grandfather’s involvement in the exploitation of so-called 'liberated Africans' shortly after the abolition of slavery, is delighted to discover the identify of her African five-times-great grandmother, and, in nearer generations, uncovers a family story of tragic poverty in Jamaica’s capital, Kingston.

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59 minutes

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Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Naomie Harris
Executive Producer Colette Flight
Series Producer Sarah Feltes
Director Eleanor Scoones
Production Company Wall to Wall Media

Broadcasts

  • Mon 29 Jul 2019 21:00
  • Thu 1 Aug 2019 23:35
  • Fri 2 Aug 2019 00:15
  • Mon 26 Aug 2019 01:15

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