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The neglected graves of the victims of empire
The Star's critic MARIA DUARTE recommends a film that uncovers the shameful role played by the island of St Helena in slavery and colonialism
HIDDEN ATROCITY: Environmental Officer Annina Van Neel in Rupert's valley in St Helena, the unmarked burial ground of an estimated 9,000 formerly enslaved Africans
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A Story of Bones (12A)
Directed by Joseph Curran and Dominic Aubrey de Vere
THE island of Saint Helena, a tiny British overseas territory, is most renowned for being Napoleon Bonaparte’s place of exile and death, and where his empty grave is a major tourist attraction. But what is less well known is its disturbing history connected to the transatlantic slave trade.
Joseph Curran and Dominic Aubrey de Vere’s powerful and sobering debut feature documentary shines a much-needed poignant light on British colonialism, slavery, racism and identity.
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