UNESCO Award

500 Years Later, an Asante Filmworx production, has received the UNESCO “Breaking the Chains Prize” at the Zanzibar International Film Festival in Tanzania. The UNESCO Slave Route Project, in partnership with ZIFF and the British Council Office in Tanzania, created the "Breaking the Chains Prize" for the best film shedding new light on slavery and its legacy. This award is launched at the 2007 ZIFF to mark the Bicentenary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade by the United Kingdom.