Movies: Slavery

  • 1987
    Papobo

    Papobo (1987)

    Papobo

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    In the city of Havana in 1964, Papolo, son of a free slave, decides to give a Christmas toy to his sister. He discovers the city and its inhabitants but also the worrying forest. He will get involved in different situations confronting the reality of...

    Papobo
  • 2000
    Black Slaves for Sale

    Black Slaves for Sale (2000)

    Black Slaves for Sale

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    Slavery has always been part of Sudan's history, but in recent years it has become a new means in Sudanese warfare. Focuses on the moral dilemma aid organisations are faced with in Southern Sudan. For more then 17 years Africa's largest country is cr...

    Black Slaves for Sale
  • 1969
    Fatal Promises

    Fatal Promises (1969)

    Fatal Promises

    01969HD

    Every year, an estimated 800,000 persons are trafficked across international borders and forced into sexual or labour servitude. Estimates are that as many as 32 million people yearly are held in slave-like conditions for sexual or labour exploitatio...

    Fatal Promises
  • 1929
    Land o' Cotton

    Land o' Cotton (1929)

    Land o' Cotton

    01929HD

    Mice sold into slavery and driven to pick cotton by whip-cracking cats plot their escape to freedom....

    Land o' Cotton
  • 2004
    Suite for Freedom

    Suite for Freedom (2004)

    Suite for Freedom

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    A trio of short films commissioned to be shown to visitors entering the National Freedom Center in Cincinnati Ohio. Freedom and Unfreedom by Aleksandra Korejwo uses sand animation. Slavery by Caroline Leaf shows the hardship of the life of a house sl...

    Suite for Freedom
  • 1982
    The Courage of Others

    The Courage of Others (1982)

    The Courage of Others

    01982HD

    An inside look at slavery in the country of Burkina Faso, The Courage Of Others follows the journey of a slave (played by Sotigui Kouyaté) being taken across the African desert by his captors....

    The Courage of Others