The True Story of Pirates (2023)

  • PG-13
  • 04/01/2023 (US)
  • Documentary, TV Movie
  • 50m

Pirates! Hollywood has fueled our imaginations and turned them into popular icons. Beyond literature and fantasy the documentary reveals who these fearless adventurers and these masters of the sea once were.

Overview

Thanks to new excavations in Mauritius and Madagascar, as well as archival and museum research in France, Spain, England and Canada, a group of international scholars paint a new portrait of the world of piracy in the Indian Ocean.

Stéphane Bégoin

Director, Writer

Cast

Jean Soulat's headshot

Jean Soulat

Self-Archeologist
Martin Mares's headshot

Martin Mares

Self-Historian
Anna Flori-Lamour's headshot

Anna Flori-Lamour

Narrator
Philippe Hrodej's headshot

Philippe Hrodej

Self-Historian
Edward Mayhew's headshot

Edward Mayhew

Curator - HMS Victory

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