Janson Media today announced the worldwide release of the DVD The Lion and the Mouse: The Story of America & Bermuda. Narrated by Michael Douglas, The Lion and the Mouse looks back at the birth of America and the deciding conflicts and characters that have shaped the last four centuries as the intriguing relationship between Bermuda and America evolved.
Caught up in a succession of wars, Bermuda found itself on both sides of the mid Atlantic gauntlet. Isolated by location, the island embodied the necessary reinvention and adaptability to prosper in a changing Atlantic world, from saving the colonialists of Jamestown and robbing the British armory on the island, to running the Union blockade in the Civil War as soldiers fighting for “Glory.” Right or wrong Bermuda has played an instrumental role in the history of the American States, continuing through two World Wars and the Cold War, where Bermuda evolved from a hotbed of counter espionage, into the front line of US coastal defense.
As a nexus in the Atlantic, Bermuda provided the United States with the strategic lynch pin in defense of its interests. Mercurial, treasonous, and unprincipled possessing of all the wiles of a small dependent nation, Bermuda was able to adapt to its mid-Atlantic location for both military and trade pursuits to overcome insignificance in size, and vulnerability to become the place, that U.S. President William Howard Taft was to immortalize in his now famous words; “Never in global history has such a small country played such a large role in International Affairs.” The moral of the story is that “ Little friends can make great friends”.
THE LION AND THE MOUSE: THE STORY OF AMERICAN AND BERMUDA DVD
LENGTH: 153 Minutes
OUR PRICE: $24.95
CATALOG #: 20444
UPC #: 6-4603204449-2
ISBN #: 1-56839-343-1
RELEASE YEAR: 2010
PRODUCER: Afflare Films Ltd.
STREET DATE: July 28th, 2010
