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| COLOR OF VICTORY, THE: HEROES OF WW2 (NGC)
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DEVELOPMENT
HISTORY:
10/17/23
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STATUS:
currently in development (2024-2025 season) |
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
ordered to series |
DESCRIPTION:
(from National Geographic's press release, October 2023) Over 10 million people of color fought on the Allied side - but their achievements have largely been airbrushed out of traditional narratives. Empathetically narrated by Idris Elba, whose own grandfather served in the war, this premium box set series turns the lens on global history. The series focuses on three unsung heroes in each episode, true-life soldiers and sailors hailing from India to Idaho. Through premium dramatization, mixing war sequences with deep character portraits, the stories of these men and their units will be told for the first time, highlighting the roles they played in epic theaters of war - Dunkirk, Pearl Harbor, D-Day and the Battle of the Bulge. Intercut with powerful testimony from our core characters' descendants, insight from specialist historians and meticulously sourced archive of the soldiers themselves, THE COLOR OF VICTORY restores the stories of these men and their units to their rightful place in the narrative of WW2. This series not only enriches our understanding of these battles, it also reveals how the war experiences of people of color directly inspired post-war movements for freedom that swept the globe, from Civil Rights in America to colonial independence in India, Africa and beyond - global movements and a continuous fight for freedom that still resonate today. |
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Idris Elba as Narrator (Voice)
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CREW INFORMATION:
· Idris Elba as EP
· Jamilla Dumbuya as EP
· Johanna Woodford Gibbon as EP
· Jos Cushing as EP
· Khaled Gad as EP
· Matt Robins as EP
· Sean D. Johnson as EP (NGC)
· Simon Raikes as EP (NGC)
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GENRE(S):
· reality
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STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Green Door Pictures
· October Films
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