Samuel L. Jackson
Self
Enslaved (2020)
Season 1
A look at 400 years of human trafficking from Africa to the New World with each episode following three separate story lines: the quest for a sunken slave ship, a personal journey by Samuel L. Jackson and a historical investigation led by investigative journalists Simcha Jacobovici and Afua Hirsch.
Released Sept. 14, 2020
Episode 60 min
17+
Genres: Documentary, History
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Watch Providers: MGM Plus, fuboTV, Spectrum On Demand, MGM+ Amazon Channel, MGM Plus Roku Premium ChannelPhilo
Production Companies: Associated Producers, Cornelia Street Productions, Anonymous Content
Network: Epix
S1E1 - Cultures Left Behind
Episode 1 launches the epic story of the transatlantic slave trade. Divers from Diving With a Purpose go in search of sunken slave ships. Hollywood icon Samuel L. Jackson goes on a personal journey to meet the tribe of his ancestors for the first time.
Sept. 14, 2020, midnight
S1E2 - Rationalization
Samuel L. Jackson recruits two award-winning journalists to go on a mission to understand the process that led Europeans to see slavery as profitable, rational and justified. Diving With a Purpose divers locate the earliest slave wreck ever found.
Sept. 21, 2020, midnight
S1E3 - Follow the Money
Shot on location in Suriname, Brazil, Portugal and the UK, this episode investigates the economics of the slave trade, while searching for a sunken slave ship that represents the single greatest loss of life during the entire slave trade.
Sept. 28, 2020, midnight
S1E4 - New World Cultures
Samuel L. Jackson visits Africatown, Alabama, the only African town established in America. The Diving With a Purpose divers help youths in Costa Rica discover their African heritage, by diving and identifying a sunken slave ship off their coast.
Oct. 5, 2020, midnight
S1E5 - Resistance
This episode investigates African resistance to slavery in Africa and the “Underground Railroad.” The Diving With a Purpose divers embark on an investigation to positively identify a preserved wreck that ferried African Americans to freedom.
Oct. 12, 2020, midnight
S1E6 - Abolition
The final episode explores the politics that brought the enslavement of Africans in the West to an end. Diving with a Purpose divers search for “The London,” a ship that re-enslaved freed Africans from St. Lucia and illegally trafficked them to England.
Oct. 19, 2020, midnight
Network: Epix
Episode Runtime: 60 min.
Season Runtime: 360 min.
Released: Sept. 14, 2020
Last Air Date: Oct. 19, 2020, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-MA / 17+
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