Emma and Rebecca were snatched as young children from their home in Yorubaland and sold into slavery. Though far from home, memories of their culture have never left them. Will they be able to flee from their captor in the perilous Scottish Highlands and gain their liberty?
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1745
Gordon Napier 19′Two sisters kidnapped from their home and sold into slavery attempt to retake their freedom.
- Filmmaker
- Gordon Napier
- Premiere
- European premiere
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Year
- 2017
- Medium
- DCP
- Length
- 19’
- Language
- English, Yoruba
- Producer
- John Mckay
- Production Company
- Compact Pictures
- Sales
- Compact Pictures
- Writer
- Morayo Akande
- Cinematography
- Julian Schwanitz
- Editor
- Florian Nonnenmacher
- Sound Design
- William Aikman
- Music
- Malcolm Lindsay
- Cast
- Morayo Akande, Moyo Akande, Clive Russell
- Website
- https://www.1745film.com/
