beautiful civilization, the beautiful family life, the customs, traditions, the culture of africa. and we are so excited to now finally be able to begin this first chapter of african american history, with the origin story in freedom, not in slavery. and, perri, let me stick with you for one more question here. there is a letter that equiano wrote to queen charlotte in 1788, i supplicate your majesty s compassion for millions of my african country men who have grown under the lash of tyranny in the west indies. talk about the importance of having such documentation for our understanding today. yes, so while we begin our film in his childhood, in his west african village, he went on as an adult to continue to be