Rough Crossings

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Drama
Documentary

Overview

Simon Schama presents a drama-documentary that charts the extraordinary journey of the American slaves who fought for the British side in the American War of Independence and were then led by a young Englishman to Africa. There, they struggled to establish a colony in Sierra Leone, where they could be free.

Keywords

slavery
18th century
sierra leone
revolutionary war
docudrama
former slave

Details

Status: Released
Release date: March 23, 2007
Original language: English
Production: BBC
Cast: Julien Ball,Simon Schama
Director: Steve Condie
Writer: Simon Schama
Cinematography: Neville Kidd
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded
IMDb: tt1000001