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The Departure

Short documentaries and adventures in sound about leaving. Presented by Josie Long.

Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures about leaving places behind. From zip wiring over the Iron Curtain, to reflecting on lost connections with your country of origin and a poem remembering the thousands of people lost to the Transatlantic Slave Trade.

Zip Wire
Featuring Daniel Pohl
Produced by Andrea Rangecroft

half / half
Featuring Hannah Kendaru, Lou Kendaru and Remi Kendaru
Co-created by Lou and Hannah Kendaru.
Produced by Lou Kendaru
First developed for Future Currents hosted by The Doing Group

Seed of the Fruit
Featuring Mark 'Mr T' Thompson
Produced by Alan Hall
With the voice of Cherise Hamilton-Stephenson
Statistics from slavevoyages.org
Commissioned by the National Maritime Museum for UNESCO鈥檚 International Day for the Rembrance of the Transatlantic Slave Trade and its Abolition

Production Team: Eleanor McDowall and Alia Cassam
Produced by Andrea Rangecroft
A Falling Tree production for 大象传媒 Radio 4

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28 minutes

Last on

Tue 1 Sep 2020 15:00

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  • Tue 1 Sep 2020 15:00

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