Surviving Clotilda

Surviving Clotilda

The story of the last slave ship to ever reach America's shores: the brash captain who sailed her, the wealthy businessman who paid for her, and the 110 people whose resilience turned horror into hope.

  • Genre: History, Documentary
  • Runtime: 0h 26min
  • Production Company: City of Mobile, Alabama
  • Directors: Olivia Grillo, Kathryn Jamieson.

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Summary

In July 1860, the schooner Clotilda slipped quietly into the dark waters of Mobile, Ala., holding 110 Africans stolen from their homes and families, smuggled across the sea, and illegally imported to be sold into slavery. Surviving Clotilda is the extraordinary story of the last slave ship ever to reach America's shores: the brash captain who built and sailed her, the wealthy white businessman whose bet set the cruel plan in motion, and the 110 men, women, and children whose resilience turned horror into hope.

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  • Rachel Olivia Taylor

    as Narrator
  • Kory Johnson

    as Captain William Foster
  • Jahi Minkah Trotter

    as Cudjoe Kossula Lewis
Production Jennifer Hyde Executive Producer
Editing Layla Obregon Assistant Editor
Camera Layla Obregon Digital Imaging Technician
Editing Layla Obregon Colorist
Production aaryan morrison Consulting Producer
Production Clark Stallworth Executive Producer
Art Abby Melanson Art Direction
Crew Zion Wade Post Production Supervisor
Directing Olivia Grillo Director
Directing Kathryn Jamieson Director
Sound Rafael Castano Marin Supervising Sound Editor
Crew Oliver Dorgan Drone Operator
Visual Effects Wendy Lin Visual Effects Designer
Production Bailey Skibar Researcher
Crew Anthony Zayas Visual Effects Art Director
Production harrison chandler Research Assistant
Editing Rainn Mowris Editor
Production Talia Bornstein Production Coordinator
Production Rachel Olivia Taylor Research Assistant
Production Mark Allen Wilson Executive Producer
Camera Marcus Kyle Director of Photography
Production Olivia Grillo Producer
Visual Effects Minjae Kim Visual Effects Designer
Production Diane Maeng Line Producer
Production Kathryn Jamieson Producer
Sound Marcus Carey Location Sound Mixer
Lighting Jacob Trauscht Gaffer