Strike for Freedom

2020 15 min

Overview

Frederick Douglass, a world-renowned author, orator, and activist, had a major impact on Scotland. His lifelong mission was to “tell the story of the slave” and when he fled to the UK after exposing his slaveholder’s name and deeds, he fell in love with Scotland—and the Scots fell in love with him. At the time the Scots saw Douglass as an icon of the freedom struggle; it’s only now that Scotland finally acknowledges this.

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Documentary History

Production Countries

United Kingdom

Spoken Languages

English en

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Cast

Parisa Urquhart

Narrator

Geoff Parlmer Obe

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Bill Lawson

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Earnestine Jenkins

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Celeste-Marie Bernier

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George Lipsitz

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Crew

Parisa Urquhart

Director

Parisa Urquhart

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