Prince among slaves / [a presentation of the National Black Programming Consortium and is a production of Unity Productions Foundation in association with Spark Media and Duke Media ; co-producer and co-writer, Raki Jones] ; directed, produced and written by Andrea Kalin ; reenactments directed by Bill Duke.
In 1788, a slave ship sailed from the Gambia River with hundreds of men, women and children bound in chains. Eight months later, a handful of survivors were sold in Natchez, Mississippi. One of them made an astonishing claim: he was a prince of an African kingdom larger and more developed than the n...
Uniform Title: | Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
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Language: | English |
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Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired. |
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[Alexandria, Va.] :
Distributed by PBS Home Video,
[2008], ©2008.
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Series: | Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
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Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
Format: | Video DVD |
Contents:
- Prince among slaves
- Middle Passage
- TransAtlantic slave trade
- Natchez, Mississippi
- Foster's field
- Torn memories
- Escape and revelation
- King Cotton
- Starting anew
- Twenty years later
- Crossroads
- Dr. Cox's offer
- Narschalk
- Freedom
- Departure
- Most popular African in America
- ACS
- Backlash
- Last stop
- Journey home
- A dream fulfilled.