Enslaved: The Slave Trade As Told From The Ocean Floor
6 x 1hr • Documentary Series • Produced in association with: Epix, an MGM Company, the CBC and Fremantle Media • Production year: 2019
Coming Summer 2020, Enslaved: The Slave Trade as Told From the Ocean Floor is a beautifully crafted 6 x 1 hr. series about 400 years of human trafficking from Africa to the New World. An estimated 12.5-15 million Africans – men, women and children – were kidnapped and sold into slavery. At least 10% – 2.5 million people! – died en route. This epic tale about the transatlantic slave trade will feature Hollywood icon and human rights activist, Samuel L. Jackson. It is a story of brutality and inhumanity. It is also a story of resistance, accomplishment and hope.
The series tracks the efforts of Diving with a Purpose (DWP), as they search for and locate six ships that went down with their human cargo. These modern-day adventures will serve as springboards to tell the stories of the ideology, economics and politics of slavery. The series will also celebrate the acts of resistance, the cultures left behind and the world culture that we live in… a culture that, in many ways, was born in the bowels of those tall ships. The series also features 3 x Emmy winning Investigative Journalist, Simcha Jacobovici and journalist/best-selling author Afua Hirsch.
Enslaved is a Canada/UK co-production between Associated Producers (Canada) and Cornelia Street Productions (UK).
Series Director/Showrunner: Simcha Jacobovici
Producers: Ric Bienstock, Felix Golubev, Sarah Sapper
Executive in Charge of Production: Tara Jan
Executive Producers: Samuel L. Jackson, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Eli Selden, Rob Lee and Yaron Niski