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Legion M Feature Film In Development

by Legion M

Story added by legionm on April 13, 2021

This is inspired by the true story of a real-life, little-known American hero — Robert Smalls — who, as an enslaved person in Charleston at the height of the Civil War, pulled off the most audacious heist in history — a suicide mission if caught — by stealing his friends and family and the Confederate warship on which he served to run the naval blockade in the treacherous South Carolina waters and defect to the North.read more

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Role added by legionm on May 18, 2022

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Description of Lydia Polite:

Robert’s wise and resourceful mother. Lydia teaches Robert hard lessons as a child so that he’ll be prepared for hardships that will surely come his way. Though Lydia encourages Robert to keep his head down and follow the order of their white oppressors, she also urges him to learn skills that can hopefully lead him to escape slavery one day.