Loyalties (1999)

Name: Loyalties
Director: Lesley Ann Patten
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1999
Cast: Carmelita Robertson, Ruth Holmes Whitehead

0h 57m IMDb

Documentary

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. Embarking on a journey to Charleston in search of their connection, Ruth and Carmelita encounter a modern South where the Klan is on trial for burning black churches and where they must come to terms with the thunderous cruelty of the past.