The True Story of Pirates
2022 · Movie · 50m · PG-13
"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."
The read
It runs a compact 50m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
16 audience votes
Key crew
- Stéphane BégoinDirector
- Stéphane BégoinWriter
Cast
- Jean SoulatSelf-Archeologist
- Martin MaresSelf-Historian
- Anna Flori-LamourNarrator
- Philippe HrodejSelf-Historian
- Edward MayhewCurator - HMS Victory
Stills
Themes
excavationshipwreckmadagascarpiratehistoricalarchaeologistarchaeological digshipwreckedarchaeological expeditionmauritiusindian oceanunderwater archaeology