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The book of negroes [DVD] [videorecording (DVD)] / written by Clement Virgo, Lawrence Hill ; directed by Clement Virgo Clement Virgo, director.

Contributor(s): Publisher number: Entertainment OnePublisher: [United States] : Bon Productions, [2015]Distributor: Toronto : Entertainment One, [2015]Description: 3 videodiscs (265 min.) : sound, colorUniform titles:
  • Book of Negroes (Television program)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Giulio Biccari ; editors, Kye Meechan, Susan Shipton ; composer, Philip Miller
Aunjanue Ellis, Louis Gossett Jr., Cuba Gooding, Jr., Ben Chaplin.Summary: 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.
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Videorecording not viewed.

Based on the book by Lawrence Hil. Book also released under the title: Someone knows my name.

Originally aired as television mini-series on BET network in 2015.

Booklet not included.

Director of photography, Giulio Biccari ; editors, Kye Meechan, Susan Shipton ; composer, Philip Miller

Aunjanue Ellis, Louis Gossett Jr., Cuba Gooding, Jr., Ben Chaplin.

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.

Canadian Home Video rating: PG.

Home use only.

Closed-captioned.

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