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Miniseries – Enslaved

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A history of slavery through underwater archaeology, retracing the voyage that brought millions to a life of slavery.

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Suzi Feay Financial Times 10/23/2020
5/5
Rarely has archaeology had such a personal dimension. Go to Full Review Carol Midgley The Times (UK) 10/12/2020
4/5
Since they could hold up to 650 slaves each it doesn't bear thinking how many chained African people met a terrible, terrifying death in the stinking, dark hole below deck. But it behoves us to think about it. Go to Full Review Verne Gay New York Magazine/Vulture 10/12/2020
3/4
Samuel L. Jackson reveals a hidden side of himself, and that's worth watching for that reason alone. Go to Full Review Phumlani S Langa City Press (South Africa) 12/29/2020
Enslaved critically dissects histories and legacies...An enlightening cinematic show about slavery. Go to Full Review Camilla Long Sunday Times (UK) 10/28/2020
Too much time telling your audience what to think of it and your documentary will crumble like a fossilised oyster. Go to Full Review Ed Power Irish Times 10/12/2020
These insights bring a touch of the personal to what might have otherwise been an overwhelming and bleak survey of the institution of slavery. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

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10/26/2020 Its early days in Canada; we have only watched 2 episodes. I like the educational part, such as learning about the motivation of other Africans to sell their own. However, I do not understand how diving gives voices to the dead enslaved Africans. The divers recovered ivory in the second part. Are they intending to dig up bones, to have them analysed for provenance? Thousands of ships went down in the English channel, such as the infamous Armada. How can the divers know for sure that they are salvaging a ship belonging to enslavers? I seek to educate myself about history and slavery; this show falls short in my view. Sorry Samuel!! More research, less sap.... See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Samuel L. Jackson

Host

Felix Golubev

Producer

Ric Esther Bienstock

Producer

Samuel L. Jackson

Executive Producer

LaTanya Richardson

Executive Producer

Eli Selden

Executive Producer

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Sep 14, 2020 Cultures Left Behind The story of the transatlantic slave trade, as told from the ocean floor, divers from Diving With a Purpose go in search of sunken slave ships; actor Samuel L. Jackson goes to meet the tribe of his ancestors. Details Episode 2 Aired Sep 21, 2020 Rationalization Samuel L. Jackson recruits two notable journalists to go on a mission to understand the process that led Europeans to see slavery as not only profitable, but justified; in the English Channel, DWP divers locate the earliest slave wreck ever found. Details Episode 3 Aired Sep 28, 2020 Follow the Money Shot on location in Suriname, Brazil, Portugal and the UK, the team investigates the economics of slave trade and searches for a sunken slave ship that represents the single greatest loss of life during this time in history. Details Episode 4 Aired Oct 5, 2020 New World Cultures Samuel L. Jackson visits Africatown, Alabama, the only African town established in America; the Diving With a Purpose divers help youths in Costa Rica discover their African heritage, by diving and identifying a sunken slave ship off their coast. Details Episode 5 Aired Oct 12, 2020 Resistance Exploring the African resistance to slavery in Africa and the thousands who risked their lives as part of the Underground Railroad; the DWP divers hope to identify a preserved wreck of a ship that ferried enslaved Africans to freedom. Details Episode 6 Aired Oct 19, 2020 Abolition Exploring the politics that brought the enslavement of Africans in the West to an end; DWP divers search for 'The London,' a ship that re-enslaved freed Africans from St. Lucia and illegally trafficked them to England. Details

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Season Info

Executive Producer
Samuel L. Jackson, LaTanya Richardson, Eli Selden, Rob Lee, Simcha Jacobovici, Yaron Niski
Network
MGM+
Genre
Documentary, History
Original Language
English
Release Date
Sep 14, 2020