@article{1355247,
      note = {Title from resource description page (viewed April 06,  2016).},
      author = {Baron, Archie, and Jackson, Tabitha,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1355247},
      title = {Motherland., 1,: A genetic journey /},
      abstract = {Cut off from their ancestry by the three-hundred-year-long  slave trade which uprooted 12 million people from Africa,  three people are given the opportunity, through DNA  searches, to reconnect with their roots. Through advances  in DNA research and with the help of laboratories in the UK  and America, the possibility arises that with a swab from  the inside of a person's cheek they can trace back twelve  or thirteen generations to the tribe of their ancestors. We  follow three people in their search for their roots. Mark's  search leads him from London to reconnect with the Kanuri  tribe in southern Niger. Jacqueline's family comes from  Jamaica. She is mixed race and research reveals one  ancestor was a slave owner; she visits what was once his  sugar plantation. Beaula has always felt a deep affinity  with Africa. Her DNA test results lead her to Bioko island  in Equatorial Guinea where the Bubi tribe still lives.  There she is welcomed as a sister. For each person, the  reconnection is emotional, but weighted also with  unanticipated cultural differences. What is behind this  longing to know? Strong feelings of "otherness" because of  being dark skinned in white society. Motherland explores  the emotional terrain of being cut off from one's roots. By  following these intense journeys of rediscovery and  re-connection, the film speaks to a wide range of identity  issues in the African diaspora.},
      recid = {1355247},
      pages = {1 online resource (90 minutes)},
}