THEME EXPLORATION

abolition of slavery

12 films · 1 director

Tracing the thread…

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' provides a visceral, unflinching portrait of American slavery through the true story of Solomon Northup's captivity and liberation.