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FilmmakerCarolineRumleyembarksonacalmlypacedquesttodiscovermoreaboutherforebears.ItbeginswithanencounterwithaBlackacquaintance,whenshebecomesawareoftheinappropriatenessofherdog’sname.Rumley’syoungdaughterlikedthesoundofthenameDixiebutit’salsoanicknameforthesouthernstatesoftheU.S.andaclearreferencetothetimewhenthesestatesformedaconfederacythatsecededfromtherestofthecountryinordertocontinueusingslavelabor. Theblack-and-whitearchivephotosandfilmsofthefamilymergeseamlesslywithblack-and-whiteshotsofthelandscapesofMississippiandSouthLouisiana,evokingafamilypastthatistightlyboundupwiththetaintedhistoryofAmerica’ssouthernstates.WhileRumley’squestdoesn’texactlydeliverthebignamesclaimedwithinthefamily—DanielBoone,apioneeringfolkhero,andCivilWargeneralRobertE.Lee—itprovidesmanyinsights,aswellasaroutetoreconciliationwithapastshecan’tbeproudofbutmustacceptasherown.