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A Brazilian animated drama film following important moments in Brazil's history, including slavery. Roots: 1977: An acclaimed eight-episode TV mini-series based on Alex Haley's biography about his family moving from slavery to liberation. [10] Roots: 2016: A four-episode remake of the 1977 miniseries. Roots: The Gift: 1988
Amistad is a 1997 American historical drama film directed by Steven Spielberg, based on the events in 1839 aboard the Spanish slave ship La Amistad, during which Mende tribesmen abducted for the slave trade managed to gain control of their captors' ship off the coast of Cuba, and the international legal battle that followed their capture by the Washington, a U.S. revenue cutter.
12 Years a Slave is a 2013 biographical historical drama film directed by Steve McQueen from a screenplay by John Ridley, based on the 1853 slave memoir Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup, an African American man who was kidnapped in Washington, D.C. by two conmen in 1841 and sold into slavery.
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5. Set It Off (1996). Cast: Jada Pinkett, Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox, Kimberly Elise Rating: R Directed by F. Gary Gray, Set It Off paints a clear picture of how a deeply flawed and racist ...
Visit the page List of films featuring slavery to see a list of films featuring slavery, with descriptions. Subcategories This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.
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About a slave revolt in 1839 by Mende captives, who had been captured and sold to European slave traders, and illegally transported by a Portuguese ship from West Africa to Cuba. Two Spanish plantation owners, bought 53 captives, including four children, in Havana, Cuba , and were transporting them on the ship Amistad to their plantations in Cuba.