Rachel is a childless 50-year old woman who recognizes that she is the last of her line and is headed toward, in the vernacular of old-time obituaries, “dying without issue.” As she looks for a way to leave something of herself behind, she discovers an ancestor who fled the French Revolution and ended up on a Georgia Sea Island with an ill-fated plan to get rich quick. The plan, Rachel discovers, included enslaving the local Gullah-Geechee population and logging the island’s ancient forest of live oak trees. With the island’s modern-day community facing economic, cultural, and ecological pressure as they envision the future of their unique home landscape, what began as an intimate look into family history quickly becomes a winding, unpredictable journey and a complex consideration of the legacy of colonialism in which Rachel questions whether she can make amends for the sins of her forebears. You too can help the Sapelo Island Community by contributing to the construction of a mobile kitchen: https://givebutter.com/G4ZllT