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In 2021, the renowned Savannah College of Art Design (SCAD) released a documentary short entitled, "A Thousand Miles and Counting" inspired by the 1860 memoir "Running a Thousand Miles For Freedom" about the famed daring escape from enslavement story of Peggy's great-great-grandparents, William and Ellen Craft, where the biracial Ellen disguised herself as a white male slaveholder traveling with "his" enslaved caretaker, William. SCAD wanted to produce the short not only for the compelling true story, but one of the train depots that William and Ellen stopped on their way to freedom is now part of SCAD's campus, and where in 2016 a commemorative seal was placed in the SCAD Museum's lobby (scroll down to image). Peggy, along with her cousins, Gail DeCosta and Vicki Davis Williams were also featured in the documentary, that is viewable below (11:33 RT)...
SCAD's Commemorative Medallion for the Crafts
In 2023, nonprofit Self Evident Education released a youth-centric hybrid narrative mini-documentary "If You Cross This Boundary, We All Die". As with the SCAD project, this mini-documentary is also about Peggy's great-great-grandparents, William and Ellen Craft, as well as inspired by their 1860 memoir "Running a Thousand Miles For Freedom" regarding their daring escape from enslavement. However, the project also covers their time in Boston. Peggy, along with her cousin, Maria Niles (voicing Ellen) are featured in the documentary. It's extended trailer is viewable below by clicking on the image (4:55 RT)... (To acquire the full video click here)
