Sapelo | Trailer
Preview: Season 10 Episode 3 | 1m 38sVideo has Closed Captions
Off the Georgia coast, two brothers grow up in an enclave of the Saltwater Geechee people.
On Sapelo island, two young brothers, JerMarkest and Jonathan, are coming of age in the last remaining enclave of the Saltwater Geechee. As Sapelo’s storyteller and elder matriarch, their adoptive mother, Cornelia Walker Bailey, works to preserve what remains of her African-American community in the face of encroachment by property developers.
Major funding for America ReFramed provided by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Wyncote Foundation, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Additional funding provided by Open Society Foundations,...
Sapelo | Trailer
Preview: Season 10 Episode 3 | 1m 38sVideo has Closed Captions
On Sapelo island, two young brothers, JerMarkest and Jonathan, are coming of age in the last remaining enclave of the Saltwater Geechee. As Sapelo’s storyteller and elder matriarch, their adoptive mother, Cornelia Walker Bailey, works to preserve what remains of her African-American community in the face of encroachment by property developers.
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Two young Black brothers grow up together on the Georgia island of Sapelo (1m 27s)
Sapelo | Cornelia Walker Bailey
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Meet Cornelia Walker Bailey, who is preserving the heritage of the Saltwater Geechee. (1m 8s)
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Two Black brothers are being given the chance to live, learn and play in a safe space. (1m 6s)
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Off the Georgia coast, two brothers grow up in an enclave of the Saltwater Geechee people. (30s)
Sapelo | Their Own Little World
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Welcome to Sapelo, the home and haven to the Saltwater Geechee people. (1m 50s)
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Major funding for America ReFramed provided by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Wyncote Foundation, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Additional funding provided by Open Society Foundations,...