P.O.V. continues the tradition of powerful PBS documentaries with the premiere episode of its 21st season.  Join us Tuesday, July 1st at 11pm for Traces of the Trade: A Story From the Deep North.  Filmmaker Katrina Browne analyzes her own family's role in bringing thousands of Africans to New England in the slave trade.  In an interview on the P.O.V. website, she says:

Slavery is not just a Southern sin, it's a national one, and it was the foundation of the American economy. Recognizing that means that the legacy of slavery becomes the responsibility of more Americans than I personally assumed at the outset. So it was a combination of being a deeply personal connection and realizing it's a collective issue that made me go on this journey.

Click here to read the complete interview

(Note: If you just can't wait, set your DVR/TiVo/VCR to see a sneak peek June 26th at 3am.)