The Long Song
A series based on Andrea Levy’s award-winning novel about the end of slavery in Jamaica.
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A series based on Andrea Levy’s award-winning novel about the end of slavery in Jamaica.
The Long Song This three-part miniseries based on Andrea Levy’s award-winning novel about the end of slavery in Jamaica follows July (Tamara Lawrance), an indomitable, young slave who works on a sugarcane plantation with her detestable mistress, Caroline Mortimer (Hayley Atwell). Their lives change with the arrival of a new overseer, Robert Goodwin (Jack Lowden) who sets out to improve life on the plantation. Here’s your ticket to stream. Exhausted your streaming options? GPB Passport is your ticket to adventure. Escape through Masterpiece, Nova, Nature and thousands of other public tel...
In 'The Long Song' July Struggles With Love And Survival brought us four new shows in January, including the powerful mini-series The Long Song . Set during the final days of slavery in 19th-century Jamaica, the series tells the story of the hardships and survival of plantation slave, July. Each week, we're bringing you a new installment of a series of character studies on July from guest contributor Amanda-Rae Prescott. These articles will cover the events of episode two, so if you haven't watched it yet, catch up on GBH Passport. Episode 1 ends with July’s ominous voiceover that her sto...
Premiering Sunday, January 31 at 10/9c A series based on Andrea Levy’s award-winning novel about the end of slavery in Jamaica. More More This three-part miniseries based on Andrea Levy’s award-winning novel about the end of slavery in Jamaica follows July (Tamara Lawrance), an indomitable, young slave who works on a sugarcane plantation with her detestable mistress, Caroline Mortimer (Hayley Atwell). Their lives change with the arrival of a new overseer, Robert Goodwin (Jack Lowden) who sets out to improve life on the plantation. This three-part miniseries based on Andrea Levy’...
'The Long Song' Disrupts PBS Masterpiece's Typical Slate By Putting Black Characters First: TV Review Caroline Framke, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Courtesy of BBC/Carlos Rodriguez “The Long Song” knows what an audience might expect from a period drama airing on the BBC, as it did in the UK in 2018, or under the PBS Masterpiece banner, as it will in the US starting on January 31. The camera, helmed with a steady hand by director Mahalia Belo, pans across still life scenes of porcelain curios and rumpled silks in a manse surrounded by gently swaying palm trees. “The life of a white ...