Sapelo | movie | 2020 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

Sapelo is a documentary that journeys within a unique American island to tell the story of its matriarchal griot, Cornel | dG1fb2VwcUZXT1RCVkk

Transcript

00:00 The island was our own little world.

00:04 Come on.

00:06 Sapelo Island, seven miles off the coast of Georgia.

00:11 Cornelia Walker Bailey's family has lived here for nine generations.

00:16 Our community was never integrated.

00:19 We wanted the culture and other stuff to stay intact.

00:22 We pretty much self-governed,

00:26 and that would be the simplest way to put it.

00:30 Amid the saltwater marshes and tall oak trees,

00:33 her boys hunt, fish, and explore the island.

00:36 I told her, "Good Lord, all I want to do is see that them three boys finish high school

00:52 and start doing something for themselves."

00:54 But will they want to stay?

00:57 Not only do I love the boys, but they're the next generation.

01:03 So they're it.

01:05 The selfish part of me wants them to stay because I want them to help keep my community going.

01:12 We're so bored on the island sometimes.

01:14 It gets very boring when no one wants to play with me.

01:18 We started planting some red peas.

01:22 I built my own little garden.

01:25 Sapelo. On America ReFramed.

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