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Slave ship mutiny

Slave ship mutiny

DVD 2010

The Meermin set sail from Madagascar en route to South Africa in 1766 with a Dutch crew and human cargo, slaves bound for hard labor building the Dutch colony, Cape Town. The slaves, led by a man named Massavana, mutinied and managed to overpower the Dutch crew. The ship ended up wrecked on a beach 200 miles east of Cape Town. This program tracks the efforts of archaeologists, historians, and slave descendents to discover the full story of this h...

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ISBN:
9781608833238
1608833232
Edition:
Widescreen
Description:
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
polychrome
digital
optical
stereo
video file
DVD video
Notes:
Originally broadcast on PBS November 10, 2010
Narrator: Liev Schreiber. Cast: Michael T. Dube, Wayne Harrison, Siv Ngesi, Sandra Omo, Dean Slater, Grant Swanby, Porteus Xandau
DVD ; widescreen ; stereo
Control Number:
850661
UPC:
841887013260
Other Authors:
Kennedy, Joe (Motion picture producer and director), producer, director, screenwriter
Off the Fence Productions
PBS Distribution (Firm)
Pechel, Katharina, producer
Schreiber, Liev, narrator
WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
Young, Nic, director
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