Before the Trees Was Strange, is a personal documentary, a journey of race and identity through a desire to unlock a mystery within my family.
This is a film about race, love and forgiveness and finally redemption as I explore my Mother's questions about her own heritage and I go on a journey to find the truth that was kept away from us.
Sometimes love perpetuates raicism more than hate.
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Before the Trees Was Strange, is a personal documentary, a journey of race and identity through a desire to unlock a mystery within my family.
I produced, shot and directed this film. I began shooting 30 years ago and ended up with over 700 hours of footage that was distilled into 85 minutes. The film took three years to make as I traveled between The Bahamas, the United States and Mexico where I did my editing. It involved many hours of interviews over a period of years as well as DNA testing to discover what I need to find out for this film to be finished. This film is about race, love and forgiveness and finally redemption as I explore my Mother's questions about her own heritage and I go on a journey to find the truth that was kept away from us. The film looks at the social construct of race and how it differs between The Bahamas and the United States but more it shows that often it is love that perputates racism more than hate.
Derek Burrows directed and filmed most of this documentary with the help of his Malaysian editor and filmmaker Indrani Kopal. Derek composed all of the music in the film. Derek's family feature in this personal documentary about race within one family growing up in The Bahamas. Most of the footage was shot in The Bahamas over a 30 year period on a variety of video formats.
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Derek Burrows directed and filmed most of this documentary with the help of his Malaysian editor and filmmaker Indrani Kopal. Derek composed all of the music in the film. Derek's family feature in this personal documentary about race within one family growing up in The Bahamas. Most of the footage was shot in The Bahamas over a 30 year period on a variety of video formats.
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