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Slavery Routes

    All titles (3)
    Documentary (multi-part) | 2016-2017 | arte | History | Belgium, France

    Shooting data

    Filming regionsPortugal

    Project data

    Length of movie4x52'

    Brief synopsis

    This is the story of a world whose territories and own frontiers were built by the slave trade. A world where violence, subjugation and profit imposed their routes. The history of slavery did not begin in the cotton fields. It is a much older tragedy, that has been going on since the dawn of humanity. From the VIIth century on, and for over 1,200 years, Africa was the epicenter of a gigantic traffic of human beings traversing the entire globe. Nubian, Fulani, Mandinka, Songhai, Susu, Akan, Yoruba, Igbo, Kongo, Yao, Somali… Over 20 million Africans were deported, sold and enslaved. This criminal system thrived, laying the foundations of empires around the world. Its scale was such that for a long time, it has been impossible to relate it comprehensively. And yet, it raises a fundamental question: how did Africa end up at the heart of the slavery routes?

    Crew

    ActivityNameComment
    1st ADJuan J. Rodriguez
    DirectorDaniel Cattier
    Co-directorFanny Glissant
    Co-directorJuan Gelas
    EditorAudrey Maurion
    ComposerJérôme Rebotier
    Production managerGilles Walger

    Production companies

    CompanyComment
    La Compagnie des Phares et Balises CPB Films [fr]

    TV-broadcast

    TypeCountryStationDate / TimeComment
    RepeatFrancearteTuesday, 07/07/2020, 8.50 PM
    RepeatFrance[France Ô] [fr]Wednesday, 02/05/2018, 8.55 PM
    First showingFrancearteTuesday, 01/05/2018, 8.50 PM