Remember the Sultana

Remember the Sultana

NR2015•96 min

4KHDRCC

History Documentary

Over 2000 Union soldiers, passengers and crew were crammed aboard the steamboat Sultana, licensed to carry 376. Graft, greed, overcrowding, a poorly maintained boat, and the Mississippi River was swollen with spring snowmelt conspired together to create a disaster. On April 27, 1865, the boat’s boilers exploded, causing the worst maritime disaster in US history.

Audience Score:

6.5

Directed by:Mark Marshall

Theatrical release poster for the film Remember the Sultana

The Cast

Sean Astin photo

Sean Astin

Narrator

Mackenzie Astin photo

Mackenzie Astin

Captain J. Walter Elliott / Private George Clarkson (voice)

Jim Beaver photo

Jim Beaver

Joseph Taylor Elliott / First Engineering Officer Nathaniel Wintringer (voice)

Bob Bergen photo

Bob Bergen

Captain Louis Rosché / Pleasant Marion Keeble (voice)

Leah Ann Cevoli photo

Leah Ann Cevoli

Eliza Frances 'Fanny' Andrews (voice)

Jim Cummings photo

Jim Cummings

Sergeant Alexander C. Brown / Sergeant William Fies (voice)

Matthew Jayson Cwern photo

Matthew Jayson Cwern

Lieutenant John Clark Ely / Private William Wendt (voice) (as Matt Jayson)

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