CinemaOSMovie · 1997 · 0h 47m

Ships of Slaves: The Middle Passage

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).

Directed byChris Harty

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Status
Released
Runtime
0h 47m
Language
EN
Released
December 11, 1997
Studios
History

Featuring

Cast & crew

4 credited
Starring
Debbie Allen

Debbie Allen

Narrator

Glenda Dickerson

Self

John Hope Franklin

John Hope Franklin

Self

Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg

Self

Creative team
Directed by
Chris Harty
Written by
Stu Schreiberg
Christen Harty Schaefer
Produced by
Christen Harty Schaefer

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