Ghosts of Amistad : in the footsteps of the rebels / directed by Tony Buba.
| Other author | Buba, Tony, director. |
| Other author | Rediker, Marcus producer. |
| Format | Video (Streaming) |
| Publication | Pittsburgh, PA : University of Pittsburgh, 2014. |
| Description | 1 online resource (57 min). |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=http://www.aspresolver.com/aspresolver.asp?AHIV;2748533 |
| Subjects |
| Series | American history in video |
| Abstract | This documentary chronicles the journey of author Marcus Rediker as he retraces the path of the brave Africans who rebelled against their captors and seized the slave schooner Amistad in 1839, leading to a watershed US Supreme Court decision that sparked Abolitionist action leading to the Civil War. Based on Rediker's ground-breaking book The Amistad Rebellion: An Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom, the film travels to present day Sierra Leone to visit the home villages of Sengbe Pieh (Joseph Cinqué) and the other captives who were held on the Amistad, interviewing elders about local memory of the case and searching for the long-lost ruins of Lomboko, the slave trading factory where their cruel transatlantic voyage began. The film uses the knowledge of villagers, fishermen, and truck drivers to recover the lost history of the Amistad, told from a seldom-voiced perspective in the historical struggle against slavery. |
| General note | Title from resource description page (viewed June 10, 2015). |
| Language | In English. |
| Issued in other form | Original version: |
| Genre/form | Documentary films. |