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Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of the Mayflower

Cast: Paul Drinan, Chris K. Layman, Erin Raftery, Sam Redford

(History Channel)

US release date: 30 January 2007 (A&E Home Video)

by Michael Patrick Brady

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This well-produced and enlightening documentary reveals the depth and complexity of the long over-simplified journey which sowed the seeds of American society.

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