The Book of Negroes
Clement Virgo, 2015
The Book of Negroes
Lawrence Hill, 2007
The Book of Negroes is a TV mini-series directed by Clement Virgo in 2015 and based on the book of the same name by Lawrence Hill, first published in 2007. The TV series features Aunjanue Ellis, Lyriq Bent, Ben Chaplin, Allan Hawco, Greg Bryk, Shailyn Pierre-Dixon, and others.
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Storyline
In 1761, eleven-year-old Aminata Diallo is abducted and taken captive from her village in West Africa by a Dutch trading company. She meets another boy from her region, Chekura, who is working for the slavers but reveals he was sold into slavery by his uncle. She and Chekura are transported by ship to be sold into slavery in South Carolina, where the two are separated and she is forced to work on an indigo plantation.
Movie vs Book
Year
2015
Minutes
265
Movie Rate
7.80
Source: IMDb
TV Mini-Series
The Book of Negroes
Director: Clement Virgo
Country: Canada
Year: 2015
Length: 4h25m / 6 episodes
Year
2007
Pages
512
Book Rate
8.86
S: Goodreads
Book
The Book of Negroes
Original title: Someone Knows My Name
Author: Lawrence Hill
Country: Canada
First published in: 2007
Length: 512 pages
Genre: Fiction
User polls & recommendations
“The graphic novel is a great form that can be used to marry the book format with the movie.”
MELVIN VAN PEEBLES (Actor)
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