with Godfrey Cheshire

When the cousin of filmmaker Godfrey Cheshire decides to literally uproot the family homestead, Midway Plantation, to protect it from the encroaching sprawl of Raleigh, North Carolina, the act prompts the family to explore the historical, social, and cultural implications of the ante-bellum plantation, and discover a whole new branch of the family they never knew existed: the African-American branch. This documentary chronicles not only the amazing technical feat of moving a large house several miles, but also tension within the family and the surprising joy of meeting new relatives. The film also examines the myth versus the reality of the pre-Civil War plantation experience, including a look at culture-shaping films such as Birth of a Nation, Gone with the Wind, and Roots.