Red and Black
In the United States it is well documented that over half of the black population has mixed-race ancestry.
In Virginia, one of the oldest colony, in spite of the fact that the mixing between blacks, Indians and whites has taken place for a 400 years, white settlers as well as the Indian tribes and the black community have been denying the existence of the descendants of these relationships and marriages, and their right to claim their ancestry for a long time.
A number of mixed-race descendants tell in simple words and images the life stories of their ancestors and their struggles against all of the challenges they faced. They tell their stories to make sure that the truth is told, and so that they, as well as the members of their community at large, can find their roots and reconstruct the history that has been taken away from them.
The mixed-race descendants have formed the Weyanoke Association, which has the following goals: to find the truth, prove it and claim ownership of the traditional rituals and culture of the Native tribes and African Nations, to reconnect with their ancestry and to heal in peace.
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Charles GermainDirector
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Dianne Duncan PerroteDirector
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Charles GermainWriter
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Dianne Duncan PerroteWriter
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Charles GermainProducer
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Dianne Duncan PerroteProducer
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Project Type:Documentary
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Runtime:19 minutes 55 seconds
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Completion Date:December 15, 2019
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Production Budget:25,000 USD
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Country of Origin:United States
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Country of Filming:United States
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:Digital 4K
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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Global Impact FestivalWashington DC
United States
August 25, 2019
A shorter version was showcased at the Global Impact Festival
Charles was born and educated in France. His first interests were history, philosophy and literature. After studying French literature, Charles did some teaching and tried the film industry. He left France in his twenties and became an international traveler.
In his thirties, after completing a MBA in the Netherlands, he capitalized on his foreign language skills and became a successful international marketer, working for US publishing companies around the world. He owned and ran several businesses as well, including Publishers Communication Group in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
During those years, he has also produced and directed a few noted documentaries that took him to India, Brazil and Borneo. In 2013, he graduated from the Boston University CDIA program in Georgetown, Washington DC, as Film Director. He is now producing and directing short films and writing feature film screenplays. He is an accomplished cameraman and is knowledgeable in most video editing programs (Apple FCPX and ADOBE Suite). In 2017 he produced and directed with Dianne Duncan Perrote “The Northern Arapaho Suicide prevention Program” that has achieved global distribution and is available on Amazon Prime.
Charles now lives in Maryland USA and Brazil. He is fluent in English, French, Dutch, Spanish and Portuguese. His main interests in filmmaking are nature conservation, travels and expeditions, cross national and racial relationships, history, arts and sailing. He has directed full-length documentaries, commercials, short comedies and dramas.
Statement about Red and Black:
People who cannot connect with their ancestry and their history have trouble finding their place in Society. This film focuses on the difficult struggle of mixed-race descendants of Native Americans and African Americans (Red and Black) to find the remnants of their roots and culture which has been hidden and even sometimes destroyed by the European settlers.
People who cannot connect with their ancestry and their history have trouble finding their place in Society. This film focuses on the difficult struggle of mixed-race descendants of Native Americans and African Americans (Red and Black) to find the remnants of their roots and culture which has been hidden and even sometimes destroyed by the European settlers.