Ghosts of Amistad : in the footsteps of the rebels /
This documentary chronicles the journey of author Marcus Rediker as he retraces the path of the brave Africans who rebelled against their captors and seized the slave schooner Amistad in 1839, leading to a watershed US Supreme Court decision that sparked Abolitionist action leading to the Civil War....
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English Creoles and Pidgins, English-based (Other) |
| Language Notes: | In English and some Krio with English subtitles. |
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New York, N.Y. :
Filmakers Library,
[2014]
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| Summary: | This documentary chronicles the journey of author Marcus Rediker as he retraces the path of the brave Africans who rebelled against their captors and seized the slave schooner Amistad in 1839, leading to a watershed US Supreme Court decision that sparked Abolitionist action leading to the Civil War. Based on Rediker's ground-breaking book The Amistad Rebellion: An Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom, the film travels to present day Sierra Leone to visit the home villages of Sengbe Pieh (Joseph Cinqué) and the other captives who were held on the Amistad, interviewing elders about local memory of the case and searching for the long-lost ruins of Lomboko, the slave trading factory where their cruel transatlantic voyage began. The film uses the knowledge of villagers, fishermen, and truck drivers to recover the lost history of the Amistad, told from a seldom-voiced perspective in the historical struggle against slavery. -- from the publisher's website. |
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| Item Description: | "Based on a book by Marcus Rediker "The Amistad Rebellion: An Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom"." Originally produced in 2014. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc ( 56 min.) : sound, color and black and white; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD-R, NTSC, Dolby digital |
| Production Credits: | Director of photography, John Rice ; videographer, Idriss Kpange. |