Ships of Slaves: The Middle Passage
1997•47m•Released
Documentary
"Explores the 400-year era of the transatlantic slave trade, when millions of Africans were kidnapped and shipped to the Americas. Features interviews with scholars, oral histories and a dramatic recreation of the Middle Passage" (The History Channel).
Director
Chris Harty
Writer
Stu Schreiberg, Christen Harty Schaefer, Glenda Dickerson
Languages
English
Studio
History
Cast
Debbie Allen
Narrator
Glenda Dickerson
Self
John Hope Franklin
Self
Steven Spielberg
Self
Production
Company
History
Producer
Christen Harty Schaefer
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