The Book of Negroes 2015
Created by Clement Virgo, Lawrence Hill
- Drama
- 45 min episodes
- 1 season
- 6 episodes
- Ended
- TV-MA
Kidnapped in Africa and subsequently enslaved in South Carolina, Aminata must navigate a revolution in New York, isolation in Nova Scotia and treacherous jungles of Sierra Leone, in an attempt to secure her freedom in the 19th century.
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Earnest, grave, classical in form and overwhelming.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- warmbleak
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Cast
- Shailyn Pierre-DixonYoung Aminata
- Sandra CaldwellGeorgia
- Dwain MurphyClaiborne
- Siyabonga XabaYoung Chekura
- Armand AucampLieutenant Waters
- Louis Gossett Jr.Daddy Moses
- Allan HawcoSolomon Lindo
- Cuba Gooding Jr.Sam Fraunces
- Aunjanue Ellis-TaylorAminata Diallo
- Ben ChaplinJohn Clarkson
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- Clement VirgoCreator
- Lawrence HillCreator
- Clement VirgoDirector
- Clement VirgoWriter
- Lawrence HillWriter
- Lawrence HillNovel
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Seasons
- Miniseries6 eps · 2015
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