can you name me any films that deal with the slave trade?

Question

i am looking for films that deal with from anypoint of view, either from the slaves or slave tradmen??

Answer 1

Hi there. "Amistad" is a good one, but "The Colour Purple" is nothing to do with slavery (being set 50 years after it ended!). You could try the Michael Caine film "Ashanti", or even "Spartacus" for the Roman view. All of these films are available, as is the TV miniseries of "Roots". For an unsual view on the subject, try "Dogville" by Lars Von Trier.
Cheers, Steve.

Answer 2

Yes, here are some, but I'm not sure how easy they will be to find:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roots_(TV_miniseries)

http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/nof/slavery/find_out_more.html


http://www.seeingblack.com/x022102/middlepassage.shtml

http://www.sankofa.nl/Default.aspx?tabid=53

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098769/

The best of these are of course Roots, Armistad, The Color Purple, Middle Passage, and Sankofa but there are some personal accounts and documentaries of interivews with freed slaves which are very moving. Among the best treatments of this theme is Ken Burns' wonderful series, "The Civil War." What a sad chapter in history!

Answer 3

Amistad (slave revolt)
Glory (ex-slaves become soldiers)
Beloved (aftermath of slavery)
Roots (origins of slavery)
The Last Supper (Cuban slave revolt)
and any number of older films set in the South, such as Jezebel and Gone With the Wind.

Answer 4

Amistad (Slave Ship revolt)
Glory (About ex-slaves becoming soldiers)
Beloved (The aftermath of slavery)
Roots (The origins of slavery in Africa)
The Last Supper (Cuban slave revolt)

Answer 5

Roots

Answer 6

Gilmaan (Slaves in Persian)

a very good Persian movie on the subject

Answer 7

Amistad by Spielberg and there is another, called "Quemada" that featured Marlon Brando in the 70's.

Answer 8

Gladiator

Answer 9

I think there was a Steven Spielberg film called Armistad or something like that.

Answer 10

Roots.