A local filmmaker is working to preserve and expand the story of Sarah Rector, Kansas City’s first Black millionaire, through an upcoming docudrama, “Aunt Sister: The Legacy of Sarah Rector.”
Kansas City filmmaker tells untold story of city’s first Black millionaire in new docudrama
I met with Jacob Handy, the director, producer, writer and Wyandotte County native, at the Rector Mansion, the house where Sarah Rector once lived.
“I feel like sometimes, there’s points in history that are forgotten,” Handy said. “There are people within time who have done amazing and wonderful things.”
The film dives into Rector’s adult years, told from the perspective of the living women in her family.
“This story here, Aunt Sister, is told from the perspective of the aunties of the family,” Handy said. “They’re at a dinner table, and they’re having normal family talks, and they’re going back in time.”…