with Macky Alston

When white filmmaker Macky Alston questions why so many African-Americans share his last name, he launches on a journey that exposes his family’s secrets. With the discovery that his ancestors once owned a large number of slaves who, in turn, took the family name, Alston traces his own heritage and the possible blood relationship between his family and their slaves’ descendants. While unearthing long-secret documents, he meets many colorful characters, some of whom are less interested than he in revealing their past.