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| THOMAS JEFFERSON AND THE TRIPOLI PIRATES (HISTORY)
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DEVELOPMENT
HISTORY:
3/21/17
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STATUS:
previously in development (2017-2018 season) |
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
script |
DESCRIPTION:
(from History's press release, March 2017) With America's merchant ships under attack, its citizens being held hostage, and the US Naval fleet sold off to help pay the debts from the War of Independence, President Thomas Jefferson's decision to wage war against the Barbary Coast Pirates would transform not only the American Military, but the future prosperity of the United States. Based on the New York Times bestselling book by Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger, "Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates: The Forgotten War That Changed American History," this story would chart Jefferson's refusal to back down against the aggression of the Barbary Pirates, and tell the story of his domestic battles to get backing for foreign intervention and to build a naval force which led to the creation of the Marines. Their feat of the pirates on the shores of Tripoli re-defined American foreign policy for the two centuries that followed. From Thinkfactory Media, Leslie Greif serves as executive producer. Brian Kilmeade is co-executive producing. Script is written by Stephen J. Rivele. |
CREW INFORMATION:
· Brian Kilmeade as BOOK
· Brian Kilmeade as CO-EP
· Don Yaeger as BOOK
· Leslie Greif as EP
· Stephen J. Rivele as WRTR
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GENRE(S):
· drama
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STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Thinkfactory Media
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