DVD
2 of 2 Copies Available
- CENTRAL: Audiovisual Collection
- EASTWOOD: Audiovisual Collection
Ill gotten gains
Call Number
- DVD DRAMA (CEN, EAS)
Performers
Djimon Hounsou, Akosua Busia, De'Aundre Bonds, Eartha Kitt.
Publication Information
Santa Monica, CA : Xenon Pictures, Inc., [1999]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (106 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
MPAA rating: R.
Summary
Twenty-four African captives fill the tiny hull of the slave ship Argon Miss off the coast of West Africa. As the ship travels to an unknown destination, its inhabitants begin to buckle under the daily regimen of cruelty and abuse. When an ancient spirit appears from within the wooden planks of the ship calling for release by fire, the captive men and women are driven toward escape through bloody uprising.
Notes
Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1997.
Special features: "Ill-gotten gains at work" ; original trailer ; radio interview ; soundtrack (with slide show).