Frederick Douglass and the White Negro
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| Directed by | John J Doherty |
| Produced by | Catherine Lyons |
| Written by | John J Doherty |
| Narrated by | John J Doherty |
| Music by | Cyril Dunnion Gerard Meaney |
| Cinematography | Ronan Fox Martin Birney John J Doherty |
| Edited by | Juris Eksts |
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52 minutes |
| Country | Ireland |
| Language | English Irish |
Frederick Douglass and the White Negro is a documentary film originally released in 2008 (Irish language version entitled Frederick Douglass agus na Negroes Bána).
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Frederick Douglass and the White Negro is a documentary telling the story of ex-slave, abolitionist, writer and politician Frederick Douglass and his escape to Ireland from America in the 1840s. The film follows Douglass' life from slavery as a young man through to his time in Ireland where he befriended Daniel O'Connell, toured the country spreading the message of abolition and was treated as a human being for the first time by white people. His arrival in Ireland coincided with the Great Famine and he witnessed white people in what he considered to be a worse state than his fellow African Americans back in the US. The film follows Douglass back to America where he buys his freedom with funds raised in Ireland and Britain. Fellow passengers on his return journey include the Irish escaping the famine who arrive in their millions and would go on to play a major role in the New York Draft Riot of 1863 which Douglass could only despair over. The film examines (with contributions from the author of How The Irish Became White Noel Ignatiev amongst others) the turbulent relationship between African Americans and Irish Americans during the American Civil War, what drew them together and what drove them apart and how this would shape the America of the twentieth century and beyond.
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- Frederick Douglass and the White Negro official site
- Frederick Douglass and the White Negro at the Internet Movie Database
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