Imagine you’re sitting at home one day not knowing what to do - - but you still do it anyway. 💥 TRAILER DROP❕🎬 (PBS) The Underground Railroad: The Paths & Places of Refuge; made by those good folks over at @seenandheld ❤️
This is an epic tale of William & Ellen Craft’s unbelievable escape to freedom, tracing the ACTUAL route of the Underground Railroad! This research goes all the way back to the 1840’s, unveiling those untold stories of our beautiful rich culture. As Director @waltbrowntellem would establish, “FREEDOM SEEKERS.” 🤛🏾
It’s such a fresh, artful, and hip take on our history with an utterly dope vision. Peace to the team. S/O @kangbenjamin_ . Share this with a friend, drop a comment, and check your local listings allllllllll June baby.
Host: Prof. Vincene Verdun, OSU
Storyteller: @shaunderik
Executive Producers: @seenandheld@Shaylacoxmilan , @sterlingmilan
Directed by: @Waltbrowntellem
Co-EP: @kangbenjamin_
Director of Photography: @bigscene32
Story Producer: @golden__ak_
1st AC / Camera Operator: @ceetheworld
Still Photographer: @jveloz
DIT: @charlesalexanderdiary
Gaffer: @tylerwilliamsdp
Sound: @hidden__sound
Production Coordinator: @crewdential
Post Production: @stickfigureproductions
[PBS] THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD: THE PATHS & PLACES OF REFUGE traces the dynamic journeys of enslaved individuals to freedom through the various secret networks and routes known as the Underground Railroad. The film centers around William and Ellen Craft’s passage to freedom, meticulously documented in William’s book, “Running A Thousand Miles for Freedom.”