Screenings
Family Tree explores sustainable forestry in North Carolina through the stories of two Black families fighting to preserve their land and legacy. Family Tree’s cinéma vérité approach reveals the vast task of maintaining the land while navigating challenging family dynamics, unscrupulous developers and changing environmental needs. The forest itself and the beauty of its changing seasons become a primary character in this family drama.
Thank you to our screening partners: Black Documentary Collective (BDC) and Brown Girls Doc Mafia
Accessibility: Closed captions available
Directors Spotlight
Jennifer MacArthur
Director
Jennifer MacArthur is a filmmaker exploring the impact of our changing climate through the intersection of documentary and genre film. “Family Tree” is her directorial debut.
- Runtime 97 minutes
- Country United States
- Language English
- Director Jennifer MacArthur
- Cinematographer RAFAEL ROY
- Co Producer JESSICA SARAH FLAUM, SHANI LEWIS, NADINE NATOUR
- Editor HANNAH CHOE
- Executive Producer GEETA GANDBHIR, WENDELL HANES, JENNIFER MACARTHUR, MICHELLE TRAVINSKI, LUCIA DIAZ SAS, KIMBERLY DOEBEREINER, TONIA ELROD, GRACE WADE
- Music WENDELL HANES
- Producer RUPERT MACONICK
- Premiere Philadelphia