The True Story of Pirates (2023)

"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"Movie

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The True Story of Pirates

PG13 50 minApr 1st, 2023Documentary

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

StarringJean SoulatMartin MaresAnna Flori-Lamour

DirectorStéphane Bégoin

WriterStéphane Bégoin

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as Self-Archeologist

as Self-Historian

Anna Flori-Lamour

Philippe Hrodej

as Self-Historian

as Curator - HMS Victory

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Stéphane Bégoin

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Stéphane Bégoin

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Stéphane Millière

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Yannis Dumoutiers

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Gilles Perru

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Valérie Guérin

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Movie Details

On Digital & Streaming:April 1st, 2023 - Watch Now

Original Language:French

Production Companies:Gedeon Programmes ARTE CuriosityStream

The True Story of Pirates on the Web:Official Website

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pirate historical indian ocean histoire speaker underwater archaeology

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