There are films that make history because of their intelligence, creativity, wit found in the story, the characters, the acting, the music, the production etc.
And then there are films that are testaments of the injustice, the abuse, the cruelty and wrong- doing of the human kind.
This film is mostly the latter, although still well made. It's an extraordinary, powerful testament of the painful and terrible abuse suffered by people who were made slaves because of the colour of their skin.
It was not an easy experience to watch this film as a white woman. I felt physically sick. I wanted to cry, to scream, to hide in shame that such injustice is possible among us humans.
Even though I couldn't speak for several hours after, I'm grateful to have seen it.
And then there are films that are testaments of the injustice, the abuse, the cruelty and wrong- doing of the human kind.
This film is mostly the latter, although still well made. It's an extraordinary, powerful testament of the painful and terrible abuse suffered by people who were made slaves because of the colour of their skin.
It was not an easy experience to watch this film as a white woman. I felt physically sick. I wanted to cry, to scream, to hide in shame that such injustice is possible among us humans.
Even though I couldn't speak for several hours after, I'm grateful to have seen it.