THE REBELS (3 DVD)

RUNTIME: 225 MINS

CAT: AWA201
UPC: 881482320196
RRP: $29.95

This collection contains some of the most famous rebels in history; a Celtic queen who took on the Roman Empire, a Confederate who continued the fight against the Union after the treaty was signed, and a motley group of individuals who set themselves up against and preyed on the maritime world. All are now seen through a haze of romantic myth. 

These programs examine the reality.

THE GOLDEN AGE OF CARIBBEAN PIRATES
The Caribbean during the golden age of piracy was a time of adventure, brutal lawlessness and butchery, filled with the sound of cannon fire, the sea breeze and the clashing of cutlasses. Flamboyant figures on both sides struggled to keep a hold on the region, and out of these struggles legends emerged; Blackbeard, Henry Morgan, Anne Bonney and Mary Reade. 

BOUDICCA WARRIOR QUEEN
Boudicca or Boadicea... rose up against Rome, and in doing so became a symbol in later British consciousness of many things: of the ability to withstand oppression, of the courage of wronged innocence, and of the nobility of standing up against overwhelming odds. Ultimately her image merged in the 19th Century into that of Queen Victoria and the island nation itself. 

JESSE JAMES OUTLAW HERO
Jesse James was born into troubled times that would leave the United States of America in tatters. This program looks at the effect that first the Border Wars and then the Civil War had in moulding this fighter for the Confederacy into the man who, along with his bushwhacking comrades, created the prototype of the American gangster.