The Book Of Negroes
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First episode date | January 7, 2015 |
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Final episode date | February 11, 2015 |
Based on | The Book of Negroes |
Lawrence Hill | |
Feb 4, 2015 | |
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ID | 649619 |
Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series
Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Series
Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series
Canadian Screen Award for Best Limited Series or Program
Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Limited Series
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Writing in a Television Movie
Canadian Screen Awards for Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Limited Series
Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Music Score for a Program
Canadian Screen Award for Best Production Design or Art Direction in a Fiction Program or Series
Canadian Screen Awards for Best Sound, Fiction
Canadian Screen Award for Best Costume Design
Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Series
Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series
Canadian Screen Award for Best Limited Series or Program
Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Limited Series
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Writing in a Television Movie
Canadian Screen Awards for Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Limited Series
Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Music Score for a Program
Canadian Screen Award for Best Production Design or Art Direction in a Fiction Program or Series
Canadian Screen Awards for Best Sound, Fiction
Canadian Screen Award for Best Costume Design
About The Book Of Negroes
Taken from her West Africa village and dragged in chains to the coast, 11-year-old Aminata Diallo is sold into slavery. After a horrific ocean crossing to South Carolina, she uses her midwifery skills to survive while keeping at bay the attention of slave master Robinson Appleby. Though she finds some happiness -- she marries and has a child -- Aminata vows to return home after she and her child are sold to different owners. The onset of the Revolutionary War helps Aminata flee her new owner in New York. Knowing how to read and write, she lands a job registering Black Loyalists for escape to freedom in Nova Scotia. Though her heart longs for home, Aminata weighs desire against the need to help her people and end the slave trade.