Martijn Blekendaal and Finbarr Wilbrink travel along the Underground Railroad, the underground network that helped thousands of enslaved people escape to freedom. They ask themselves: How does the past of slavery impact contemporary life in America?
Martijn and Finbarr end up in the swamps of Louisiana, where enslaved people were helped by natives to escape. They meet Mardi Gras Indians, 'black natives'. These used to be stre…
Martijn Blekendaal and Finbarr Wilbrink visit two former slave plantations. Finbarr goes to Oak Valley, which is a model for the romantic South and on which the film Gone with the…
Atlanta, the city of Martin Luther King. Is his fight for equal civil rights over? Martijn and Finbarr attend a service at the Vision Church. There they meet LGBTQ+ activist Trace…
Faith keeps you going. Or not? During Thanksgiving, Martijn and Finbarr meet blues legend Lucious Spiller, who performs Walk With Me Lord. They meet Christian fundamentalists, but…
Violence dominates life, especially in poor, black neighborhoods. Martijn and Finbarr are in 'murder capital' Memphis. Here they follow a group of bounty hunters who try to arrest…
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