THEME EXPLORATION

abolition of slavery

12 films · 2 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
12 Years a Slave
12 Years a Slave
2013 · Steve McQueen
Aferim!
Aferim!
2015 · Radu Jude
Mongol
Mongol
2007 · Sergei Bodrov
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
1972 · J. Lee Thompson
John Brown's Raid
John Brown's Raid
1960 · Sidney Lumet
Sansho the Bailiff
Sansho the Bailiff
1954 · Kenji Mizoguchi
Last Supper
Last Supper
1976 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
The Slave
The Slave
1909 · D.W. Griffith
Amistad
Amistad
1997 · Steven Spielberg
Banzo
Banzo
2024 · Margarida Cardoso
Devil of the Desert
Devil of the Desert
1964 · Antonio Margheriti
Love Toy
Love Toy
1971 · Doris Wishman
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Steve McQueen United Kingdom

His film '12 Years a Slave' (2013) provides an unflinching, intimate portrayal of slavery's brutality through the true story of Solomon Northup's kidnapping and enslavement.

 Barry Jenkins United States

His film 'The Underground Railroad' (2021, limited series) visualizes Colson Whitehead's novel about enslaved people's escape to freedom with poetic yet devastating clarity.