Diggers (1986)

US · 90 min · July 30, 1986

Documentary

Directed by: Roman J. Foster

Written by: Roman J. Foster, Mel Williamson

Documentary film about the black men who came from the West Indies (primarily Barbados and Jamaica) to work on the construction of the Panama Canal from 1881 to 1914.

Directed by

Roman J. Foster

Written by

Roman J. Foster

Mel Williamson

Cast & crew

Brock PetersNarrator (voice)

John Woodcliff BowenSelf

Benjamin JordanSelf

Egbert Cleveland LeslieSelf

William W. PuckeringSelf

Arnold SmallSelf

Casper CowardSelf

Constantin ParkinsonSelf

Joseph DixonSelf

Edward GaskinSelf

Edith HarperSelf

Phillip MalcolmSelf

Dennis McAuliffeSelf

Fernando ManfredoSelf

Mel WilliamsonAdditional Narration (voice)