Rough Crossings (2007)

Release Date: 2007-03-23
Runtime: 1h 24min
Production Company: BBC
Director: Steve Condie

Simon Schama presents a drama-documentary that charts the extraordinary journey of the American slaves who fought for the British side in the American War of Independence and were then led by a young Englishman to Africa. There, they struggled to establish a colony in Sierra Leone, where they could be free.