PickFlick
Rough Crossings

Rough Crossings

2007•1h 24m
DocumentaryDrama

Simon Schama presents a drama-documentary that charts the extraordinary journey of the American slaves who fought for the British side in the American War of Independence and were then led by a young Englishman to Africa. There, they struggled to establish a colony in Sierra Leone, where they could be free.

Open in PickFlick

Production

BBC

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Simon Schama

Simon Schama

Host

Julien Ball

Julien Ball

Henry Thornton

Similar Movies

Apocalypto

Apocalypto

7.6
2006
Movie

Set in the Mayan civilization, when a man's idyllic presence is brutally disrupted by a violent invading force, he is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression where a harrowing end awaits him. Through a twist of fate and spurred by the power of his love for his woman and his family he will make a desperate break to return home and to ultimately save his way of life.

Apocalypto

2006
7.6
The Wild Child

The Wild Child

7.0
1970
Movie

In a French forest circa 1798, a child–who cannot walk, speak, read or write–is found. A doctor becomes interested in the case and patiently attempts to civilise the boy.

The Wild Child

1970
7.0
Manderlay

Manderlay

6.9
2005
Movie

In 1933, a young woman and her father discover an Alabama plantation whose inhabitants live as if slavery had never been abolished. Feeling a sense of duty to those behind the heavy gates, she stays to liberate the people and see them through their first harvest. With four of her father's colleagues and a lawyer, she faces the daunting task of resurrecting the place known as Manderlay.

Manderlay

2005
6.9
The Patriot

The Patriot

7.2
2000
Movie

After proving himself on the field of battle in the French and Indian War, Benjamin Martin wants nothing more to do with such things, preferring the simple life of a farmer. But when his son Gabriel enlists in the army to defend their new nation, America, against the British, Benjamin reluctantly returns to his old life to protect his son.

The Patriot

2000
7.2
Four Daughters

Four Daughters

7.5
2023
Movie

Between light and darkness stands Olfa, a Tunisian woman and the mother of four daughters. One day, her two older daughters disappear. To fill in their absence, the filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania invites professional actresses and invents a unique cinema experience that will lift the veil on Olfa and her daughters' life stories. An intimate journey of hope, rebellion, violence, transmission and sisterhood that will question the very foundations of our societies.

Four Daughters

2023
7.5
The Heart of Man

The Heart of Man

8.4
2017
Movie

The Heart of Man is a timeless tale of a father's relentless pursuit of his son -- interwoven with interviews of top thought-leaders on brokenness, identity, and shame.

The Heart of Man

2017
8.4
Grizzly Man

Grizzly Man

7.5
2005
Movie

Follows the story of "Grizzly Man" Timothy Treadwell and what the thirteen summers in a National Park in Alaska were like in his attempt to protect the grizzly bears. The film is full of unique images and a look into the spirit of a man who sacrificed himself for nature.

Grizzly Man

2005
7.5
Shipwreck at Egg Island

Shipwreck at Egg Island

2019
Movie

Patrick Bourgeois dives into the history of one of the worst naval tragedies that ever occurred in Quebec. In 1711, Admiral Hovenden Walker lead a 75-ship English fleet, carrying 15 000 soldiers, towards Quebec City. Eight of his boats shipwrecked on l’Île-aux-oeufs and 1000 people lost their life.

Shipwreck at Egg Island

2019
Dogville

Dogville

7.8
2003
Movie

A woman on the run from the mob is reluctantly accepted in a small Colorado community in exchange for labor, but when a search visits the town, she learns that their support has a price.

Dogville

2003
7.8
Sweet Country

Sweet Country

6.6
2018
Movie

In 1929, an Australian Aboriginal stockman kills a white station owner in self-defense and goes on the lam, pursued by a posse.

Sweet Country

2018
6.6
A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities

6.7
1958
Movie

Set against the conditions leading up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror, French doctor Alexandre Manette serves an 18-year imprisonment in the Bastille in Paris, followed by his release to live in London with the daughter he has never met.

A Tale of Two Cities

1958
6.7
Les Misérables

Les Misérables

7.1
1978
Movie

In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.

Les Misérables

1978
7.1