"Enslaved"
Fremantle has reached several international deals for "Enslaved: The Lost History of the Transatlantic Slave Trade", the non-scripted series about the transatlantic slave trade. The documentary is set to launch in 130 territories and sheds new light on 400 years of human trafficking from Africa to the New World, as millions of enslaved Africans were forcibly transported to the Americas by Western European slave traders.
Led by Hollywood Icon and Human Rights activist Samuel L. Jackson, this powerful and important six-part documentary series provides a fresh and authentic history of the transatlantic slave trade – one that demonstrates to today’s audiences that this is truly a global story.
Following its U.S. premiere on EPIX on 14 September, "Enslaved" will launch on HISTOIRE TV (TF1 Group, France) after a pre-sale brokered by Fremantle, as well as HISTORY (Germany), Movistar+ and RTVE (Spain), HBO Portugal (Portugal), BBC Earth (Poland), Discovery Film and Spektrum (Eastern Europe), Cosmote (Greece), BBC Persian (MENA), National Geographic (Latin America), M-Net (Africa, South Africa) and Cable & Wireless (Caribbean). Fremantle also recently announced that BBC Two in the UK will broadcast a 4-part reversion of the series.
The landmark series follows Jackson on an incredibly personal journey as he travels across continents to uncover stories of suffering and greed, as well as of resistance, accomplishment, and hope. The series also features an historical investigation of the slave trade led by Jackson and historians Afua Hirsch and Simcha Jacobovici. The series also features the efforts of Diving With a Purpose (DWP), a collaborating organization with The National Association of Black Scuba Divers (NABS), as they search for and locate six slave ships that sank taking with them the enslaved humans aboard.
Jens Richter, CEO, International, Fremantle, said: “With epic global production values, 'Enslaved' is an unmissable docuseries which spans both continents and centuries in its determination to show just how vital this history is to today. Samuel L. Jackson, Afua Hirsch, and Simcha Jacobovici, alongside the fantastic production team, have created something impactful, ambitious, and educational, which we feel privileged to be able to share with our global broadcast partners and their audiences.”
“Enslaved” is a Canada/UK co-production between Toronto-based Associated Producers and London-based Cornelia Street Productions in association with CBC, Canada’s public broadcaster, and Documentary Channel in Canada and EPIX in the US. Fremantle distributes the series internationally.