This Side of the River

 

This Side of the River DVD

A History of Independence – Settled by freed slaves in 1865 and officially incorporated in 1885, Princeville, North Carolina is among the oldest towns in the United States founded by African-Americans. Princeville’s survival through prejudice, segregation, economic hardships, and devastating floods is a previously untold chapter of American history.

 

English

USA – 2006 – 52 minutes

SPECIAL FEATURES: Princeville Remembers the Flood (18 minutes), deleted scenes.

$20

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The 30 minute broadcast version of This Side of the River is included in the documentary compilation “The Road Less Traveled – Three Features on Language and Life in North Carolina”

 

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