Margaret Brown discusses filming the search for the long-lost wreck of the 'Clotilda,' believed to be the final slave ship to reach the U.S., and its impact on the descendants of its survivors. By ...

Among these descendants is the doc’s executive producer, Academy Award winner Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, who is related to Clotilda captive Charlie Lewis, and who said in a statement, “I hope ...

ComingSoon is debuting an exclusive trailer for the upcoming documentary titled Ship of Dreams: Titanic Movie Diaries. It features several actors from James Cameron’s acclaimed 1997 movie as they ...

In July 1956, the Italian luxury liner Andrea Doria collided with the MS Stockholm in dense fog off the coast of New England.

ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — A feature-length documentary about a local maritime disaster was selected to be screened at the 47th annual Atlanta Film Festival next month. The film, which follows the ...

After more than two decades on the Delaware waterfront, it’s being prepped in Mobile, Ala., for its final (assisted) cruise and new life as the world’s largest artificial reef ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with director Margaret Brown and Veda Tunstall about their new documentary, "Descendant." It follows the descendants of the survivors from the Clotilda. For generations, the ...

"Unsinkable," they called it, and they weren't referring to Molly Brown or the Titanic. The Bismarck was a World War II killing machine, boasting 15-inch guns that could sink a vessel 12 miles away.

One of the best films of the year, Margaret Brown’s “Descendant” is, strictly speaking, about the discovery of the Clotilda, the last known slave ship. After it was used to illegally kidnap and ...