The True Story of Pirates(2022)

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.

50 min · Documentary, TV Movie · Directed by Stéphane Bégoin

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PG-13

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.

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US release dates

Digital: April 1, 2023

Cast

Jean SoulatSelf-Archeologist
Martin MaresSelf-Historian
Anna Flori-LamourNarrator
Philippe HrodejSelf-Historian

Crew

Stéphane BégoinDirector, Writer
Gilles PerruEditor