The book of Negroes
(DVD)
Contributors
Hill, Lawrence, 1957- Book of Negroes.
Virgo, Clement, television director,
Ellis, Aunjanue, actor.
Bent, Lyriq, actor.
Chaplin, Ben, actor.
Virgo, Clement, television director,
Ellis, Aunjanue, actor.
Bent, Lyriq, actor.
Chaplin, Ben, actor.
Published
Port Washington, New York : distributed by Entertainment One Film USA, [2015].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (506 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
Main Library - Media
DVD Book
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Published
Port Washington, New York : distributed by Entertainment One Film USA, [2015].
Language
English
UPC
741952788393
Notes
General Note
Based on: The book of Negroes / Lawrence Hill ; book also released under the title: Someone knows my name.
General Note
Special features: Disc 1. Amistad featurette, History of The Black Loyalist Society featurette ; Disc 2. deleted scenes ; Disc 3. Interviews with cast and crew, Lawrence on set featurette, interview with author Lawrence Hill.
Creation/Production Credits
Producers, Damon D'Oliveira, Clement Virgo ; editors, Kye Meechan (episodes 1,5), Susan Shipton (episodes 2-4,6) ; director of photography, Giulio Biccari ; music, Philip Miller.
Participants/Performers
Aunjanue Ellis, Lyriq Bent, Ben Chaplin, Allan Hawco, Greg Bryk, Shailyn Pierre-Dixon, Siya Xaba, Cara Ricketts, Dwain Murphy, Sandra Caldwell, Rick Roberts, Joel Thomas Hynes, Stephan James, Matt Ward, Meredith MacNeill, Amy Louise Wilson, Antonio David Lyons, Jane Alexander, Cuba Gooding Jr., Louis Gosset Jr.
Date/Time and Place of Event
Originally broadcast as a television mini-series on CBC in 2015.
Description
A universal story of loss, courage and triumph, this recounts the extraordinary journey of Aminata Diallo, an indomitable African woman who survives in a world in which everything seems to be against her. Kidnapped by slave traders in West Africa then sold into slavery in South Carolina, Aminata navigates her way through the American Revolution in New York, the isolated refuge of Nova Scotia, and the treacherous jungles of Sierra Leone, before finally securing her freedom in England.
System Details
DVD, region 1, widescreen 1.78:1, Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
Language
In English; closed-captioned in English.
Subjects
LC Subjects
African American loyalists -- Drama.
African American loyalists -- Sierra Leone -- Drama.
Antislavery movements -- Great Britain -- Drama.
Black people -- Nova Scotia -- Drama.
Drama.
Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- Drama.
Enslaved persons -- United States -- Drama.
Enslaved women -- United States -- Drama.
Fiction television programs.
Hill, Lawrence, -- 1957- -- Television adaptations.
Historical television programs.
Slavery -- Drama.
Slavery -- United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Drama.
Television adaptations.
Television mini-series.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings.
African American loyalists -- Sierra Leone -- Drama.
Antislavery movements -- Great Britain -- Drama.
Black people -- Nova Scotia -- Drama.
Drama.
Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- Drama.
Enslaved persons -- United States -- Drama.
Enslaved women -- United States -- Drama.
Fiction television programs.
Hill, Lawrence, -- 1957- -- Television adaptations.
Historical television programs.
Slavery -- Drama.
Slavery -- United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Drama.
Television adaptations.
Television mini-series.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings.
Other Subjects