C.S. NICHOLSON
The Discoverer of the Discoverers
November, 2022
Film still from The Discoverer of the Discoverers
In The Discoverer of the Discoverers, a family in the West African 1548, and how he induced them to make landfall. We are allowed a peek into how this encounter is still remembered, ritually, and get to hear some perhaps astonishing views on this turning point in history. But do all the claims about the historic event bear a closer 500 years after the onset of the Atlantic Slave Trade, colonialism and globalism? This short documentary gives a glimpse into the way in which history is storytelling, and how pride and conscience may affect collective memories.