The True Story of Pirates

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.

Dec 31, 2022 50m

7.8

13 votes

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.

Title	The True Story of Pirates
Companies	Gedeon Programmes, ARTE, CuriosityStream
Countries	France
Keywords	excavation, madagascar, pirate, historical, archaeologist, archaeological dig, archaeological expedition, mauritius, indian ocean, ship wreck, ship wrecked, underwater archaeology, research scientist, history and legacy, documentary, underwater cemetery, research group, archaeology, sea pirates, historical documentary, archéologie