Slaves weren’t supposed to have dreams but in Lawrence Hill’s novel The Book of Negroes, the slave woman Aminata dreams of a better life. The African-Canadian co-wrote the screenplay for the BET mini-series and is interviewed in the DVD bonus features. The story is grounded in the history of slaves who opted to fight for the British against their slave owners during the American Revolution (and were welcomed in Canada when the U.S. won).
