Film: Meeting David Wilson

The film, “Meeting David Wilson” premiered last night on MSNBC. This film traces a young man’s journey to track down his family’s past in slavery. It is the story of David A. Wilson, a young African American man from Newark, NJ who is in search of his roots. The film traces David A. Wilson’s journey to North Carolina to meet David B. Wilson, a descendant of the southern white family who owned his family during slavery. Although the film focuses on racism and injustices, it’s overall message is that African Americans are “Not the descendants of Victims, but Victors.


Trailer, Meeting David Wilson


ABC News, Meeting David Wilson



ABC Nightly News, Meeting David Wilson

The documentary “Meeting David Wilson” contains the following parts:

• The beginning of a journey South
• Caswell County: ‘A place that time forgot’
• Picking tobacco and reliving the past
• The two David Wilsons meet
• Talk of slavery and reparations
• What a DNA test reveals
• After journey to his roots, a realization
  

Other Related Links

• My Space Page, http://www.myspace.com/meetingdavidwilson
• The TODAY Show Talking about race in America