Bibliograph

Secrets of the dead, written and produced by Joe Kennedy ; directors, Joe Kennedy, Nic Young ; producer, Katharina Pechel ; an Off the Fence production for Thirteen in association with ARTE and WNET.org

Type

Label

Secrets of the dead, written and produced by Joe Kennedy ; directors, Joe Kennedy, Nic Young ; producer, Katharina Pechel ; an Off the Fence production for Thirteen in association with ARTE and WNET.org

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

Not rated

Main title

Secrets of the dead

Medium

videorecording

Oclc number

687848240

Responsibility statement

written and produced by Joe Kennedy ; directors, Joe Kennedy, Nic Young ; producer, Katharina Pechel ; an Off the Fence production for Thirteen in association with ARTE and WNET.org

Runtime

Summary

The Meermin set sail from Madagascar en route to South Africa in 1766 with a Dutch crew and human cargo, slaves bound for hard labor building the Dutch colony, Cape Town. In a dramatic altercation, the slaves mutinied and managed to overpower the Dutch crew. The ship ended up wrecked on a wild, windswept beach 200 miles east of Cape Town. This program tracks the efforts of archaeologists, historians, and slave descendents to discover the full story of this dramatic historical event

Target audience

general

Technique

live action

resource.variantTitle

Slave ship mutiny

Classification