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Season 2021 | 30s

Follow the hardships and resilience of plantation slave July (Tamara Lawrance) in the last days of slavery in 19th-century Jamaica. Based on the novel by Andrea Levy.

Funding for MASTERPIECE is provided by Viking and Raymond James with additional support from public television viewers and contributors to The MASTERPIECE Trust, created to help ensure the series’ future.
Extras
The director and cast on staying true to the story and bringing it to television.
Robert’s sanity starts to unravel, with devastating effects on July.
An anxious Caroline begs July to come sit with her while they wait for Robert's return.
Robert’s sanity starts to unravel, with devastating effects on July.
The Long Song cast on the power struggle between Caroline and July over Robert.
The overseer Robert sparks a rivalry between July and Caroline.
Robert expects workers to put in long hours. The workers are now free to challenge him.
Actress Tamara Lawrance and director Mahalia Belo discuss the character of July.
The overseer Robert sparks a rivalry between July and Caroline.
July, Caroline’s slave maid, grows up to witness the radical transformation of her world.
Robert’s sanity starts to unravel, with devastating effects on July.
The overseer Robert sparks a rivalry between July and Caroline.
July, Caroline’s slave maid, grows up to witness the radical transformation of her world.