Surviving Clotilda
Documentary Short - 26 mins
Director, Producer
In July 1860, the schooner Clotilda slipped quietly into the dark waters of Mobile, Ala., holding 110 Africans stolen from their homes and families, smuggled across the sea, and illegally imported to be sold into slavery. Surviving Clotilda is the extraordinary story of the last slave ship ever to reach America's shores: the brash captain who built and sailed her, the wealthy white businessman whose bet set the cruel plan in motion, and the 110 men, women, and children whose resilience turned horror into hope.
CREW
Produced & Directed by
Kathryn Jamieson and Olivia Grillo
Executive Produced by Jennifer L Hyde, Mark Allen Wilson, and Clarke Stallworth
Narrator - Rachel Taylor
Cudjo "Kossula" Lewis - Jahi Trotter
Captain William Foster - Kory Johnson
Art Director - Abby Melanson
Motion Media Artist - Wendi Lin
Motion Media Artist - Minjae Kim
VFX Artist, Matte Painter - Anthony Zayas
Editor - Rainn Mowris
Supervising Sound Editor, Re-recording Mixer - Rafael Castaño Marín
Post Production Supervisor - Zion Wade
Assistant Editor, Colorist - Layla Obregon
Director of Photography - Marcus Kyle
Gaffer, 2nd Unit DP - Jacob Trauscht
Drone Operator - Oliver Dorgan
DIT, COVID-19 Compliance - Layla Obregon
Location Sound - Marcus Carey
Production Coordinator - Talia Bornstein
Line Producer - Diane Meang
Lead Researcher - Bailey Skibar
Research Consultant - Aaryan Morrison
Handwriting Consultant - Alexandria Pipitone
Project Manager - Kathryn Jamieson
Project Manager - Olivia Grillo
Project Manager - Talia Bornstein
Researchers - Abby Melanson, Layla Obregon, Zion Wade, Rachel Taylor, Marcus Carey, Harrison Chandler
