After participating in an underwater expedition to survey the sunken wreck of a slave ship off the coast of Florida, Michael was overwhelmed by powerful feelings of kinship and oneness. As he held the very shackles that bound hundreds of African men, women, and children, Mr. Cottman became determined to tell their story and the story of the doomed ship, the Henrietta Marie. In an affecting multi-media program, Mr. Cottman takes us back to that darkest of periods in American history. Mr. Cottman's story has recently been acquired by HBO and will be coming to the network in the near future.