Remember the Sultana

04/27/2015

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1hr 36min

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Documentary

,History

The Sultana was a river boat that exploded in 1865 killing many passengers, mostly Union Soldiers.

STORY

Over 2000 Union soldiers, passengers and crew were crammed aboard the steamboat Sultana, licensed to carry 376. Graft, greed, overcrowding, a poorly maintained boat, and the Mississippi River was swollen with spring snowmelt conspired together to create a disaster. On April 27, 1865, the boat’s boilers exploded, causing the worst maritime disaster in US history.

CAST & CREW

Cast

Sean Astin
Mackenzie Astin
Jim Beaver
Bob Bergen
Leah Ann Cevoli

Director

Mike Marshall

INFORMATION

Production Companies

River Rock Entertainment LLC
Purple Ace Productions

Production Countries

LANGUAGES

English

Cast

Sean Astin

Narrator

Mackenzie Astin

Captain J. Walter Elliott / Private George Clarkson (voice)

Jim Beaver

Joseph Taylor Elliott / First Engineering Officer Nathaniel Wintringer (voice)

Bob Bergen

Captain Louis Rosché / Pleasant Marion Keeble (voice)

Leah Ann Cevoli

Eliza Frances 'Fanny' Andrews (voice)

Jim Cummings

Sergeant Alexander C. Brown / Sergeant William Fies (voice)

Matthew Jayson Cwern

Lieutenant John Clark Ely / Private William Wendt (voice) (as Matt Jayson)

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