Gina's Journey: The Search for William Grimes

About The Film

This documentary film is based on the afterword written by Regina E. Mason in the book, Life of William Grimes the Runaway Slave. The afterword titled “My Long Road Back to William Grimes” reveals Regina’s long path tracing historical facts back to her ancestor William Grimes and her intense personal sacrifice which made editing and re-publishing his original book possible.

In this film, Regina’s path is re-traced as she visits historical locations and key points of interest along her 15 year path of discovery. The film features special visual effects to create scenes during the 1800s when her ancestor, William Grimes, was enslaved in the South and endured a life of hardship as a free man in the North. This footage is blended with interviews from Regina Mason, her co-author; Dr. William Andrews, relatives, friends, scholars, and many others who where a part of her journey.

The two stories, Regina’s personal journey and selected William Grimes re-enactments are intertwined throughout the movie as they move toward Regina’s recovering and publishing of her ancestors original 1825 autobiography, thus fulfilling her great, great, great grandfather’s desire to get his story to a mass audience while creating a new story of discovery for herself.
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Regina Mason (called Gina as a child) has told the story of how she reclaimed her forefather’s narrative to riveted audiences primarily on college campuses across the nation, and now she’s bringing her remarkable story to a broader audience through the documentary, Gina’s Journey: The Search for William Grimes. This film will resonate with all who have struggled to expose truths and find meaningful connections to their own past and America’s past too.

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