Emma: Queen of the South Seas(1988)

series - first aired/released 1988-11-14 - audience 5.2

Action & Adventure, Drama, War & Politics

Directed by John Banas

Based on the life of Emma Eliza Coe, known as the "Queen of the South Seas", whose strength and cunning staved off the colonial struggle involving the United States, Great Britain, and Germany while she built her own empire. Emma’s father, the first consul in Samoa, taught his daughter at an early age the bitter truth about the fickleness of men.