A five-part documentary series which achieved landmark critical acclaim, several awards and three Emmy nominations during its American screenings. With the use of unseen film and stills from private collections and public archives, the series follows the stories of a handful of migrants and theirfamilies over three generations.
Any Place But Here. The first part begins the story of the greatest peacetime migration in history when, between 1940 and 1970, five million
African-Americans fled the oppression of the Mississippi cotton belt by going north, mainly to Chicago. Narrated by Hollywood actor Morgan Freeman , who himself took part in the migration. Director Edmund Couthard ; Series producer
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