'THE LONG SONG' TRAILER
FOR BBC JAMAICA SET SERIES
We are all about colonial slavery today!
BBC One has released a trailer for
THE LONG SONG which will start airing in UK December 18 as the three
part adaptation of the novel by
Andrea Levy, starring
Jack Lowden and
Hayley Atwell.
THE LONG SONG IS SET
during the final days of slavery in 19th
century Jamaica and tells the story of the strong willed, young slave
July (
Tamara Lawrance) on a plantation
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| Hayley Atwell and Jack Lowden lead the cast of The Long Song |
owned by her odious mistress
Caroline Mortimer (
Hayley Atwell). When a charming new arrival to the
island, Robert Goodwin
(Jack Lowden),
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| The three part mini series will start airing December 18th on BBC One |
becomes the new overseer, July and
Caroline are both intrigued by his seemingly revolutionary
determination to improve the plantation for the
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| Our beloved Jack Lowden takes the male lead in the epic saga |
slaves and mistress
alike. Check out the trailer for the new three part historical mini series below and tell us what you think!:
NEW BOOK ADAPTATIONS
MELVILLE'S BENITO CERENO
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| Benito Cereno will become a sf series |
Meanwhile, Deadline reports that
Herman Melville's novella about a
fictionalized revolt of a Spanish slave ship
BENITO CERENO will be
adapted into a TV series but set in deep space!
Steven Katz will write
and produce the story, inspired by the novella about slavery, the
nature of man and good versus evil, and turned into a science fiction
thriller which will revolve around an accidental encounter between a
human commercial ship and an alien slave freighter, where the human
captain navigates a world of inter species slavery in a distant future
with frightening parallels to our past.
THE BLACK JACOBINS
You can also
expect a TV series on Haitian Revolution since
Kwame Kwei Armah will
turn
C. L. R. James' book
THE BLACK JACOBINS into a historical drama.
The ten part saga will chart the history of the Haitian
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| The story of Haitian revolution will be turned into a TV series |
Revolution of
1791-1804 beginning with the first slave revolt of 1791 and ending with
the Haitian declaration of independence in 1804, while also exploring
the nature of leadership, its compromises, its glories and the range of
personal cost it claims.
part adaptation of the novel by Andrea Levy, starring Jack Lowden and Hayley Atwell.
