Film & Video > Appalachian Media Institute

Sankofa: Backtracking the Underground Railroad in Appalachia

Inquire
Description
Through interviews with scholars and descendents of former slaves, Sankofa provides a glimpse into the importance of the Underground Railroad and its conductors in Kentucky, a border state during the Civil War.

Produced by Becky Borgerding, David Harmon, Nirasha Holcomb, and Trevor Pollard.
AMI, 1999. Running time: 11 minutes and 37 seconds.