1 videodisc (approximately 84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details
DVD, region 1.
Cast
Joseph Marcell, Stephen Campbell Moore, Leo Wringer.
Credits
Director of photography, Neville Kidd ; editor, Ben Stark ; music, Jason Yarde.
Note
Originally broadcast on television in 2007.
Anamorphic widescreen format; Dolby digital stereo.
Summary
Tells the story of the struggle for freedom by thousands of African-American ex-slaves who fled Southern plantations to fight behind British lines in the American War of Independence. Follows their dream of a journey to freedom in bone-chilling Nova Scotia and Sierra Leone. Features the stories of Englishman John Clarkson, a passionate advocate of the abolition of slavery, and two African men, Thomas Peters and David George, who escaped slavery in a quest for freedom.
Language
In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
