Captain Bill Pinkney's Voyages Home
Brief Synopsis
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Documentary that follows the January 1999 trek of sailor-adventurer Bill Pinkney and a team of teachers, who set out from the Caribbean in a 78-foot sailing ketch to retrace the Middle Passage slave-trade routes of the 17th and 18th centuries. The trip, which lasted nearly six months, took Pinkney,
Cast & Crew
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Larry Walcoff
Director
Herb Graham
Narration
Bill Pinkney
Mike Cerre
Consulting Producer
Kristin Klinger
Production Associate
Nick Kolias
Camera
Film Details
Genre
Adventure
Documentary
Historical
Release Date
2000
Production Company
General Learning Communications
Technical Specs
Duration
60m
Synopsis
Documentary that follows the January 1999 trek of sailor-adventurer Bill Pinkney and a team of teachers, who set out from the Caribbean in a 78-foot sailing ketch to retrace the Middle Passage slave-trade routes of the 17th and 18th centuries. The trip, which lasted nearly six months, took Pinkney, the first African-American to circumnavigate the globe alone, to Ghana and Senegal. The descendant of slaves returned as master of his own ship.
Director
Larry Walcoff
Director
Film Details
Genre
Adventure
Documentary
Historical
Release Date
2000
Production Company
General Learning Communications
Technical Specs
Duration
60m
