Diggers (1986)

Name: Diggers
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1986-07-30
Duration: 90 min
Cast: Brock Peters, John Woodcliff Bowen, Benjamin Jordan, Egbert Cleveland Leslie, William W. Puckering

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.

Cast & crew

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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