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- 12 Years A Slave (2013) The indubitable number one on the list is Steve McQueen’s historical-drama movie, ’12 Years A Slave’, which was also the worthy winner of the Best Picture awards at the Academy Awards.
- Lincoln (2012) Mmm. This one. I literally short fall of words whenever I mention ‘Lincoln’ in my breath. Apart from Abraham Lincoln being my idol, Daniel Day-Lewis is my favorite actor.
- Django Unchained (2012) Oh, now. This one is not your quintessential drama where Black people suffer in silence and wait out the struggle. No, sir. This is the one where they blow the brains out of their apparent masters with a .22 magnum shotgun.
- Glory (1989) This is not the first film in the list centered around the American Civil War. But in a totally different context. ‘ Glory’ tracks one of the very first military units of the Union army, consisting solely of African-Americans, except for the officers, who are white.
Slaves is a 1969 American drama film co-written and directed by Herbert Biberman. The film stars Dionne Warwick (in her screen acting debut), Ossie Davis, and Stephen Boyd . Plot. Set in the 1850s Southern United States, the film follows Cassy and Luke, two black slaves who are sold to the sadistic plantation owner MacKay.
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May 25, 1972 · Slaves: Directed by Herbert J. Biberman. With Stephen Boyd, Dionne Warwick, Ossie Davis, Marilyn Clark. A Kentucky slave fights for his freedom from cruel overseer whose mistress eventually joins Davis and the other slaves in their revolt.
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An American film that depicts African Americans in a negative light and glorified the Ku Klux Klan . The Birth of a Nation. 2016. Nat Turner, a former slave in America, leads a liberation movement in 1831 to free African-Americans in Virginia that results in a violent retaliation from whites.
FilmYearDescription2013The film is based on the true story of ...2016Documentary on the Thirteenth Amendment ...2005Documentary covering the onset of ...1940The early life of Abraham Lincoln and his ...Nov 8, 2013 · 12 Years a Slave: Directed by Steve McQueen. With Chiwetel Ejiofor, Dwight Henry, Dickie Gravois, Bryan Batt. In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free Black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.
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Jun 8, 2023 · The 20 Best Movies About Slaves and the Slave Trade, Ranked. These movies about slaves can be hard to watch, but slavery and the slave trade are important topics that demand our attention. By Georgia May. Jun 8, 2023.
In the pre-Civil War South, a sadistic plantation-owner brutalizes his slaves to the point that they have no other choice but to rebel. Always obedient, peaceful, honest old slave Tom plays a central role in this tragedy. Director Géza von Radványi Stars John Kitzmiller Herbert Lom Olive Moorefield. 8. Manderlay.
