Thanks Chris, sounds unbelievable, like it's trying to push every subconscious button. I am amazed I have never heard of it, just too hot for ANY side to handle it sounds like.

Considering that good films and books about slavery are often neglected, I don't have a problem with a movie that sounds like garbage being left alone.

Eric,

The first two Mondo Cane films are pretty well-known, but this movie is obscure even by cult movie standards. It was never released on video in American until now (the subject matter and the X rating probably didn't help matters), and I don't think it got much of a video release overseas, either. I know Exhumed Films
in New Jersey did a screening of Goodbye, Uncle Tom a few months ago, but unless you were paying realy close attention to people who deal exclusively in cult films, you probably would never have heard of it. I only became aware of its existence a little while ago after a discussion about it on comic artist Steven Bissette's web forum. It really does go out of its way to shock people, and I'm really surprised that it got an official American release before movies like Cannibal Holocaust and Battle Royale.

Mac,

As a documentary about slavery, the movie is not very good. But, fans of cult movies will no doubt be interested in seeing it. I think it would also do a lot of good for film professors to show this film to their students as a great example of how not to make a documentary.

Maybe it is meant to be a 'mockumentary,' but then, who or what is it mocking?

Good question, Diva.

Honestly, I really liked the film, particularly the "Director's cut" version which strips away some of the exploitation and emphasizes the historical nature of the proceedings. "Amistad" comes across as so much white wash. I LIKED seeing a film where there are NO REDEEMING characters. I think film professors should show this film to students as an example of how to make a FILM instead of the garbage you are used to seeing. Jerry Springer? Come on, man, sounds like you could not handle the juice. No mention of the gorgeous cinematography, awesome soundtrack, deft editing (the girl running through the cornfield/along the beach cross cutting is remarkable) in your review. Yes, certainly it is a hot potato, but one worth getting burned on. Watch at all costs and hate yourself for days after! "I must kill you. Because I love you! Because you're white! White! White!"

This movie is basically nothing more than a pseudo-documentary filmed for freak appeal, which that it gives. More than anything, what aggravated me the most about the movie was its oversimplification of slavery as being a "Southern" thing, with fake accents and all, when slavery was practiced with equal or worse consequences in the North -- but that's never shown in movies. In any event, this is a must-see for outlandish cult movie lovers everywhere.

You've convinced me, Paul. I want to see the movie for research purposes, at least. Maybe I can BitTorrent it. Can't buy the rest of what it you are saying, the 'the North was just as guilty' is unadulterated neo-Confederate piffle.

Paul C. don't know what he speaks of. One thing everybody seems to be missing on this sucker (myself included) is that it was made by Europeans as a commentary on U.S. society at the time (and perhaps today). To be sure it is packed with over the top moments but to address it as dreck, even entertaining dreck a la "Basket Case", is to miss a great cinematic experience that is twice as challenging than any "Passion o' the Christ". Get yer feet wet boys and girls! You'll never learn to swim without jumping in the water!

Nice review here. The main problem i had with the film is, as you mentioned, the animalistic portrayal of the slaves. The scenes where they sniff the camera and giggle as they are inspected are bitterly distasteful. It doesn't help matters to consider that the majority of the film was shot with the blessing of dictator Papa Doc, in his own backyard almost. Still, highly interesting, and worthwhile regardless of the many errors of judgement. My review of mondo cane is just up on the site here, and also at my own slab of Web-Net, http://mondoirlando.blogspot.com

Aaron makes a good point here as far as being offended by the film's "animalistic" portrayal of slaves as well as the dubious pedigree of being made with the blessing of Papa Doc. But herein lies the rub, folks. If the filmmakers do not depict the slaves in this primitive light it would not be half as disturbing. The whole point of this sucker is to shock the viewer out of complacent watching, entertainment, etc. and force them to confront the grim truths of being human. By showing the slaves as animals it forces the liberal audience to identify with the slave traders not the slaves, a side of the coin not often shown. It is not trying to make a case for slavery but rather show it for what it truly was: dehumanizing and the worst of crimes against humanity. Rather than give us an easy out (i.e. a white character with redeeming qualities or soem heroic black character fighting against the cruelty of the opressors) it shows it like it likely was: rationalizations, frightened men and women, abuses of power (and children) and cruelty upon cruelty. This film is important and should be seen to be believed. It is a documentary after all. Has anyone else noticed how often I come back to this site and post another comment defending this film? Give the sucker a day in court and feel for yourself what this movie can do to you and the way you see the world.

Hy Ya Folks,
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Yah man, I watched that nasty little movie, man. But's that's not the fucking truth, cause my brothers weren't in dat position at that times, you know what I mean.
Yah, I was a disgusting movie for my hoes too, who didn't wanna watch dat shit anymore by brothas who are tortured and mutilated by dat whitebreads. You know what we are suppose to do in Detroit? We whack all dat scrampy little shit, cause we are ruling es mi barrio, hermano.

I think the above comment really summed this film up better than any other. I suppose I can retire now.

Why do you want to romanticize slavery?That's what it comes down to. The fact of the matter is that people STILL don't know about all the atrocities that happened during those times. If it shocks you good. If it disgusts you great. If it upsets you excellent.

I'm amazed to just now hear about this film. Indeed, it ought to upset any decent person who sees it. Slavery was an inhumane, hateful, and horribly gruesome institution. The more I learn about slavery, the more upset, angry, and disgusted it makes me.

Two disturbing thoughts come to mind:

In one, I imagine Trent Lott walking out of a screening of Goodbye, Uncle Tom. He has a smile on his face and he's saying to himself, "Reminds me of the folks at home. Tis summer, the darkies are gay." He sighs contentedly. "Go-o-o-od times. Too bad Strom couldn't see it, God rest his segregationist soul." [For the record, I would guess that Mr. Lott would never, ever say such a thing.]

The second, which is just as upsetting to me, is a recollection of former SNL Not Ready for Prime Time player Garrett Morris's portrayal of an inmate taking part in a prison talent show. He sings: "Gonna get me a shotgun and kill all the whiteys I see..."



Gotta acknowledge the atrocities that went on before, but can't we all get along?

I thought the film was well made. We have to ask the question, who is mocking who? It does not romantisize slavery at all, Its show the ridiculous and ingnorant beliefs that white americans had to justify the enslavement of another race.

Of course the movie was meant to shock. To a black person it re-awakened the anger and rage caused by knowing what was suffered by their great-great grand parents and to consious whites it open their eyes to the barbaric crimes committed by their decendants and the cruelty inflicted by them to black people.

I would recomend all to go and see as it answers the question has to why their is so much racial hatred in the USA.

The movie is one of the best if not the best documentry on slavery that exist. It shows that even after the physical and mental slavery, that blacks are still suffer today from the dynamics of it. The slavemasters have set it up so that the mental bondage is on automatic.

Well I thought this film missed a few points that could have really been informative and could have brought its viewers to fully understand slavery and the views of ignorant slave owners. I fond some parts quite interesting and some parts unnecessary; and there where many scenes with children that I felt wasn't necessary as I also felt that some of the children where slightly miss-treated simply to get a particular part made in a film. So I do recommend people to see this film; I just don't want them to expect much. Everyone who sees this film will have his or her own opinion about it...

This sounds fascinating. I'm going to have to check it out along with another movie rubbing some the wrong way - a documentary made about what life would have been likehad the confederacy won the Civil War, i.e slaves sold via a cable channel, etc.

Info is here:

Is this movie available at Blockbuster? I didn't see it available via Netflix

I absolutely disagree with you! I think your response is an example once again of a person being confronted with the HORRIBLE occurances during slavery and not wanting to accept that a group of people would behave SOOOOOOO inhumanely toward another. WELL IT HAPPENED AND IT WAS THAT HORRIBLE/SICK/CALCULATED.

Well, I still want to see it.

I think the problem is that white people simply don't want to accept the truth. Its easy to bash a film and ban it, demean it, but the fact is that Addio Zio Tom is a great film. It shows the true face of American society, American views towards the poor, American racist views, are all exactly the same today as portrayed in the movie. Its a candid look at America, and this is the troubling factor for Americans.

I'm white and I'm going to go see it.

Moved it up on my Netflix list today.

Tasteless isn't even a good enough word. This movie is ABSOLUTE GARBAGE. I bought the movie, and was told it was hard to look at. I was cool with that, because hey.. Slaves lived their whole life in those conditions, I can at least watch it.. But by the time I got to the part where they "fed" the slaves in that trough, I had enough. It wasn't that the reality of what I was seeing was unbearable, no. It was the tasteless depiction of it.

When the veternarian with the mask on is "inspecting" the male slave, & says, "oh, what's that, a flag raising, boy?" & the slave starts smiling.. Or when they were sticking the hoses up behind, and some of the men were smiling? The way the were physically handling those babies, all while this comical music played. This movie makes fun of black people, period.

I don't how how any self respecting black person could have allowed themselves to be a part of that movie. Again, I'm all for watching something about the struggle. Even if it's graphic or violent, cool. But it has to be a TASTEFUL depiction of these events. This movie was beyond tasteless and offensive. This movie is the work of a racist director who wanted to make fun of what is, in his mind, a bunch of pickaninny, coon, spear-chucking, sambo, niggers.. Trust me, the way people have parties to watch the Sopranos? Klan people have parties and watch this movie, and they LOVE it..

I'm black, I'm down with the struggle, and I hate slavery. My ancestors went through it. They were born in and died in it. This movie disgraces their struggle, bottom line. The director needs to come into the hood, play it in a theatre, and stick around for questions after its over. He deserves whatever happens next..

I just watched the movie. As a black woman in America, i believe that the underlying hatred of pretentious people who try to act as if they are interested in seeing a world where "all men are created equal"... is finally exposed.

As "disgusting" as this movie may seem, the atrocities depicted in it are REAL! We can be angry and disgusted all we like, however the reality is that last week there were a large number of black men gunned down, not only at the hands of the police and "Klansmen," but at our own hands.

This self-hatred did not just "appear" out of thin air... it was fostered and bred by a society of people who continue to subtly implant hatred among themselves and their offspring and promote division among others. All in the name of "Democracy"!

This is a movie that pulls the wool off of all people's eyes, either disgusts you or excites you- either way- it is IN YOUR FACE! IT HAPPENED and IT IS REAL! BUY A BIG BAG OF POPCORN... HAVE A PICNIC (pick a nigg..) AND PLEASE DO, ENJOY Your Wake UP CALL!!!!

I watched a bit of this film yesterday, it was extremely hard to watch. It saddens me to know this is what my people went through. I'm a 17 year old female living in the UK and until know I didn't know what pain our balck people went through. Growing up wihtin this society, I kind of feel embarassed to be me, or even be black. Since watching that film yesterday I am now a proud black girl. We as black people have achieved so much that we should be thanked, but the truth is we never will. In news articles you notice how everything is blamed upon we black people, our name is always called or blamed upon, but whenever it is the opposite race not much is done.

As Kanye West says in one of his songs 'Racism is alive, they just be conceling it'. Its sad to know that it still exists, but I ill be proud of who I am.

Its funny how once upon a time white people hated us, some still do, but now they wanna look like us, they have cosmetic surgery to be like us, have fuller lips, corn rows in their hair, want bigger bums, want to take credit for 'black' music.

Until yesterday when I watched the film I realised I was always running away from who I was, but I'm just figuring out who I am now.

Don't get me wrong though, I respect many white people and have nothing against them, as they can't be blamed for the actions of their anscetos, but if anyone wants to discrimate or look down on me because of the colour of my skin, I won't hesistate to tell them what I think of them.

And to think I only watched a little of the film

They would never show this video on British TV, they wanna sugarcoat what actually happened

I watched a bulk of the movie (I havent finished yet) just because it was alot to take in. but i must say, i like the way it was shot. the way they filmed it, felt like you were actually there. so there's that part.

secondly, this movie upset the shit outta me. lol. I am a young black female, who has read extensively on the ills of slavery etc. and i must say i have never seen something so graphic and real in my life. i have read about these things, but to see them...hellll nawwww....I remember my moms making me watch Roots and got upset....I remember my mama making me watch Amistad and i got upset...watched Sankofa...my dad passed this dvd along to me and i was oh shit!

I don't understand why people keep saying it was not tastefully done. how do you tastefully do a documentary about slavery? It's not tasteful, its horrid, disgusting, upsetting, demeaning, terrible and every other thing. it was made to upset people and i see why they banned it. people dont wanna see the truth. black, white whoever don't want to face it. some brush it off as, oh it happed over 500 years ago..blah blah get over it..bull shit!

I was so shocked i couldnt cry (thats what i usually do...lol) i just sat there in awe. I read about these things, and it is graphically shown on the screen. I intend to finish the movie soon!

Everyone needs to see this. Maybe not children...but anyone kinda grown needs to see this, black white, spanish, whateva! You need to see this. esepcially the dumb asses that say "slavery is over, get over it." and you will see why some black people are the way they are, and as black people how are we gonna be alright again. I'm not even talking about reparations (even though it is well well well fuckin' deserved, the jews got it) or some public apology because its not sincere, you will never know how it feels...but how are we gonna take our lives back? we have made such an impact on the world, but many of those see us as inferior still....and we see each other as inferior still....go watch the damn movie now! i'll holla!

This movie should be called"Reperations" I recommend every blackman and blackwoman to see this movie at least once in their lifetime. Ce film s'appelle "Les blancs nous doivent" Jai recomande a tout les hommes noir et femmes noir de regarder cette film au moins une fois dan la vie

I am happy that some one made a movie that almost is a mirrior image of what the slaves went through. It shows that the white man is the true animal. after watching that movie as an african American young male I have a different
view on the united states and I will see to it that a lot more of my kind see it thank you!

And our rappers use the word "Ni**a" loosely. I hear Hispanic young people use the word loosely and think nothing of being in the presence of a black when they say it. All of those idiots who use that word should see this I'd say, but it may not make an impact on a bling-minded individual.

The disturbing thing to me about movies like this is not that it's graphic. I was pre-warned to expect that. Rather I am upset that I see the remnants of slavery and continued racial inequities today.

At my corporate job, the majority of the menial labor staff (cooks, security and mailroom) are black. In the production department, I am the only black, and I am at the bottom of my group.

I have to take orders from younger, less experieced and less educated white women. When a grammatical error is made, the supervisor (a conservative white male) assumes I'm at fault despite the fact that I graduated from NYU with honors and am in graduate school. What else do I have to do? Be re-born white?

I have a Thai friend who wants to be white and marry an American...meaning white (man). Our enemies are ourselves, whites and those non-whites who adopt the white-is-right mentality.

To look at the past is easy. To see the effects of the past in our suffering and attitudes today is difficult.

We are in a world where a new generation of whites are guilt-free and in power, subconsciously repeating the pattern of their ancestors. We have blacks who have inherited self-hatred but don't recognize it as such. We have bold programming of minstrel value (Flavor of Love) that our own black people consider mere entertainment and would object to those objecting to it.

Those realities are much more disturbing to me.

The lady who checks the slave women is exactly like a black secretary at my job. She's loud and bossy. She's especially rude to people who don't hold power. She virtually worships celebrities and white people? Oh, she adores white people. I think I'll brink her a hankerchief for her head so that when I see her cooning, it all makes sense.

I disagree with the above comments that sepculate that the film is about 10% accurate. I felt that the film was 100% accurate. Just because its difficult to imagine how stupid and lazy people in the pre-civil war south were doesn't mean the film isnt accurate. Alot of time and effort were put into this film and I thought the film was wonderful (as a documentary - i dont delight at the suffering of others). The only part that I felt was somewhat discontinuous with the rest fo the film was the end. The modern time race crimes depicted in the end are disturbing when presented as historicly justified behavior. While one can tell now (after viewing the 1st 95% of the film) the motovations some of the black panthers may have had, the end seems to throw the rest of the film into question (which is too bad). As far as historical accuracy, anyone who says its not accurate has some type of denial or psychological aversion to the truth that they need to work through.

I liked how it showed africans to be nothing but primitave apes. This wasn't the intent of the filmmakers, but it came through brilliantly. It's too bad the white actors were overacting their parts.

I didn't like the bestiality in this movie, however. It occurred in real life, but definitely not how it was portrayed in this strange movie.

Great film, funny as a southerner to see it from a foreign view. You can watch it free here:

This is not the history this society teach our children in books.For my brothers and sisters I say watch the movie, make sure your children see it and give prayers for the millions that didnt make it through journey from the middle passage.

The truth is often the first casualty of brutality. The majority of them see their ancestors as pioneering, brave, and culture building. They purposeful dont see them for what they were, butchers.

Perhaps they hate us because we see this

Do not waste your words with these here. If they wish to believe us animals, let them. Their underestimation can only strengthen our position.

For the barbarism that they inflicted on us, the native american, and countless others will one day have a reckoning, and their founding fathers are all in Hell.

It's funny that to learn to be truly brutal we had to come here. Now many of our children are soldiers who have founght in every major war and even the present one. Green Berets, Rangers, Seals, even Delta.

This is good, because if the attempt is ever made on us again...., Well I'll just leave it at that.

Sleep tight

I've just seen the movie for which there was a discussion session afterwards. Many black people in the audience were disgusted and said the movie was made by white racists etc. I have to say that it was a very difficult watch but I'm glad I saw it. As a black woman that would be my preference to living through it as my ancestors did daily. It was very clumsy in parts and the music was a paradox against the backdrop of horror I was watching - but through it all, it confirmed to me the grotesque destruction of the African mind which was essential for slavery to continue over centuries as it did. There are too many disturbing scenes to mention but one would definitely be the 'stud' farm' where we were bred like the animals they told us we were ... now its clear why centuries later there are still fatherhood issues for many Black men in both America and the Caribbean which stems from the fact that they were force to rape black women with their 'good seed' to produce more slaves (as trade from Africa had been outlawed). They had no relationship with these women and they didn't know their children ...black family was forbidden as everyone was owned.

It shows how painfully pitiful the Klan really are if they love this film as someone said in an earlier review. White people don't come out looking good in this! They're depicted as brutal, ignorant, in-bred, illiterate paedophiles - which goes in some way to explain why many white liberals didn't want this film to be shown ....

Chris -

It's interesting that you made a crack about David Duke in your article, because Duke actually mentions this movie in his autobiography, My Awakening. From pages 310-311 of his book:

"While I was still in college, I attended a so-called Black-exploitation film called Farewell Uncle Tom. I read about the film before its showing in New Orleans where it played in a mostly Black movie house downtown. Expecting a difficult situation, I drove down from Baton Rouge with two of my bravest and most dedicated LSU friends. In 90 minutes, at a matinee filled with Blacks, my friends and I received an emotional and graphic education on the heinous impact of the Hollywood anti-White movies."

"Set in the antebellum South, the film portrayed slave life as an orgy of White mutilation, starvation, murder, and rape of Black men and women. A Black revolt occurs, and the screen erupts with revenge-minded Blacks hacking to death White men, women, and children. With each bloody outrage, the audience howled with approval. 'Right on!' some screamed. 'Rape the Bitch!. . . Kill 'em!' The Black crowd laughed and cheered during the goriest scenes of mutilation, rape, and murder.

"To make sure the film's point was clear to its patrons, the film's ending flashed to the present day, showing afro-wearing Black men in leather jackets and sunglasses, sneaking into the bedroom of a White couple. The camera depicts the couple's horror as the attackers hack them to death with a hatchet. In slow motion, the hatchet falls repeatedly, splattering blood and brains across the room. Even after 20 years, I vividly recall the film and the raw hatred it engendered in the Black audience.

"At the sight of the murders, the audience worked itself into a frenzy. As soon as the credits appeared, my friends and I, sitting in the rear of the theater, grabbed our coats and left quickly. We were somber as we drove back to LSU because we knew that Farewell Uncle Tom was designed to incite Blacks to murder and rape Whites across America.

"In researching the film, I discovered that Cannon Releasing Corporation had released it and that Cannon's president was Dennis Friedland. His associates included Marvin Friedlander, Thomas Israel, James Rubin, and Arthur Lipper. I found out later from a film review that most of the Jews involved with the White-hating film actually had their names removed from the film credits.

"The time I spent in that dark theater touched my emotions so powerfully that I swore to myself and to God that I would make whatever sacrifices I must to someday stop the brutal attacks against our flesh and blood as symbolized in that hateful film. I also resolved to stand up against filmmakers who create a climate of anti-White hatred."

A number of people leaving comments have referred to this movie as a documentary. This film is not a documentary, folks. To the best of my knowledge, the producers never claimed that it was. Calling it a documentary makes about as much sense as calling Schindler's List (which was based on a novel) or Oliver Stone's JFK a documentary; there may be some historical truth woven into those movies, but by and large, they're works of fiction.

Slaves were pieces of property that had monetary (and practical) value, but only so long as they were alive and in reasonably good health; does anyone truly believe that the average white slave owner would have wasted valuable time and resources hunting down and killing escaped slaves that he had paid good money for? That's ridiculous, and yet that's just one of the many whoppers the filmmakers have asked us to swallow. Also strange how the makers of this movie, who obviously did a fair bit of research, neglected to mention that the slave trade was to a large extent run by blacks at the African end. I guess it's harder to demonize whites when you have to explain to your audience that African blacks were also cutting a profit off the trade in black flesh.

If you wanted to be generous, you could call this film a historical drama. I think it'd be more accurate to call it a nasty piece of political propaganda which was intended to fan the flames of racial hatred at a time in U.S. history (the mid 60's to mid 70's) when an all-out race war seemed like a likely prospect.

It's creepy to think the producers went through with this movie knowing full well that it would increase social unrest, political instability, and acts of violence against whites (not to mention blacks considered to be "Uncle Toms"). I'd be curious to know what their motivations were for making it, especially considering that they are themselves white. Another case of trendy, self-righteous European liberals sticking their noses in American affairs, perhaps? Or was David Duke correct in asserting that Jewish hatred of white gentiles had something to do with this movie?

I want to correct a statement I made earlier. I wrote: "A number of people leaving comments have referred to this movie as a documentary. This film is not a documentary, folks. To the best of my knowledge, the producers never claimed that it was."

The statement that "the producers never claimed that it was" is incorrect. It is actually clearly stated at the end of the movie (in the director's cut, at least) that the film is a documentary. I had trouble paying attention to both the images and the subtitles, which went by really fast, in this movie, which probably accounts for why I missed it the first time (I've watched the movie a second time since). This, however, doesn't change my position. Just because the makers of this movie claimed that it was a documentary, doesn't make it so. Remember, we are talking about the makers of the Mondo series here, after all. Much of this movie is pure fantasy, and that which has a basis in fact has been exaggerated and dramatized. It would be like claiming that the events shown in the Amityville Horror were real because the movie poster says it's "based on a true story."

After watching Goodbye Uncle Tom a second time, I'm still not sure what its makers were trying to achieve. It's an odd movie, with a lot of mixed messages.

David Duke points the finger at Jews, but as I've already explained, this theory doesn't jibe with the fact that the movie (at least the director's cut) singles out Jews as being the founding fathers of racism.

It seems half the movie is spent trying to incite blacks to murder whites, but then the movie ends with a conciliatory "can't we all just get along?" message, emphasizing that white Americans have already paid a tremendous price for slavery in the bloodletting that was the Civil War. To quote the movie directly: ". . .the accounts are balanced. For every imported slave, one American death." In another passage: "We [blacks] must not respond to their old white racism with a new black racism."

The possibility crossed my mind that the filmmakers may have been communists who wanted to create conflict in American society in order to weaken it, but then near the end of the movie is the following: "[We blacks are] also playing the game of the white communists who want to make use of us to destroy America." There's also a part earlier in the film where it's stated that Marxists took part in the slave trade in order to finance their revolutionary activities in Europe.

I think I'm going to have to track down a copy of the English theatrical version of Goodbye Uncle Tom. I have a sneaking suspicion that it is very different from the director's cut.

I'm also going to have to find a copy of Africa Addio (Goodbye Africa), which is a documentary (a real one, this time) by the same filmmakers which, according to the reviews I've read online, shows what a hellhole Africa became after decolonialization. Stating this obvious truth is as politically incorrect as you can get and this documentary certainly didn't win the filmmakers any friends in the liberal establishment. One could wonder if the filmmakers may not have had more in common with David Duke than Mr. Duke himself realizes.

While the motivations of the financiers and the distributors of Goodbye Uncle Tom (particularly the U.S. theatrical version) remain suspect, the filmmakers themselves, Jacopetti and Prosperi, are difficult to pigeonhole and my previous analysis of their work may have been hasty and simplistic. It's my understanding that there's a documentary out about them called Godfathers of Mondo; no doubt seeing this would shed a lot of light on the issues that have been raised here.

What were you saying about David Duke?

i feel that this movie should be seen by everyone. the reason being is so that all of the truth of history be told. i mean everyone else history is being told so why not BLACKS! and by people seeing this movie we would get a better understanding of how different our world is now. and also if the truth is going to be out then it all needs to be said they say that slavery started in 1619 and it lasted 400 years thats a lie because it started hundreds and hundreds of years before because the pourtaguess were the first to start off the slave trade. thats why in brazil the blacks speak that language. also Sir John Hawkins was the first english slave trader and when he brought us to north america here we speak english. in the books they say that it was from 1619-1555 but thats on 64years and they got that number 64 from how long it took them to make a black slave to become mentally dead! so if the truth gone to be told then let it be told right and watch the movie all cultures and races....learn to appreciate!!

love peace, material history gurl!

Very disturbing movie but it is nevertheless a good reminder why USA does have a big problem with rascism and why americans seem to be so obsessed about race. While Europeans have nationalism, Americans have rascism, both have caused violence(WW I and partly WW II were caused by nationalism ) but Americans after Civil War have maintained a more or less balanced society.

Jacobetti and Co. were probably misantrophes than rascists.

The thing reperations is complicated: who are the ones should pay: the whites of present day US ? Most of them came after the Civil War or had none whatsoever to do with slavery coming from countries like Poland, Finland etc that were not participating in this. Do they have pay the bill just because they happen have to same skin tone as slave owners ? This will open a whole can of worms that will lead nowhere, should Finnish-Americans sue modern Muslims because Russians sold Finnish as slaves to them during 18th century invasions/rebellions. Jews were paid reparations because it was very short time after the Holocaust and the guilty parties or the ones such as IG Farben who benefitted from slavery, were still present.
What about the black slave traders themselves, movie Cobra Verde by Werner Herzog addresses this issue. It shows that part of the defeat in tribal wars was slavery.

I cringed at the thought when I was told about slavery etc. But damn that was too much brought out in a movie to have called it Garbage. It's something that they went through without comprimise it's that simple!!!!!
Mother Fuckers try that shit although there is some out their that still look down on us. Just recently when they found Hitlers right hand man here in Ga. didn't care what fucking age he was and that son of a Bitch was in his 70's.His crime does not marit him to continue living here. Thus they ware going to ship his ass BACK to where he came from. Dog jumped and got the hell out of doge before officially being charged, tried and convicted of his crime. No id did not go un-noticed that the current proved that to his white ass this day and age.
No offense but a spade is that you deliverd bad amongst us. You suffer just like they did. Where they went is anyones guess but you bet your ass that he is'nt aroung us Black people anymore!! you can bet your ass on that.
Today my model is
HANDLE YOUR SCANDLE

I cringed at the thought when I was told about slavery etc. But damn that was too much brought out in a movie to have called it Garbage. It's something that they went through without comprimise it's that simple!!!!!
Mother Fuckers try that shit although there is some out their that still look down on us. Just recently when they found Hitlers right hand man here in Ga. didn't care what fucking age he was and that son of a Bitch was in his 70's.His crime does not marit him to continue living here. Thus they ware going to ship his ass BACK to where he came from. Dog jumped and got the hell out of doge before officially being charged, tried and convicted of his crime. No id did not go un-noticed that the current proved that to his white ass this day and age.
No offense but a spade is that you deliverd bad amongst us. You suffer just like they did. Where they went is anyones guess but you bet your ass that he is'nt aroung us Black people anymore!! you can bet your ass on that.
Today my model is
HANDLE YOUR SCANDLE

I cringed at the thought when I was told about slavery etc. But that was too much brought out in a movie to have called it Garbage. It's something that they went through without compromise it's that simple!!!!!
Mother F*&)$#* try that s$@( although there is some out their that still look down on us. Just recently when they found Hitlers right hand man here in Ga. didn't care what f*&^%#(* age he was and that son of a Bitc was in his 70's.His crime does not marit him to continue living here. Thus they ware going to ship his ass BACK to where he came from. Dog jumped and got the hell out of doge before officially being charged, tried and convicted of his crime. No id did not go un-noticed that the current proved that to his pale a#$ this day and age.
No offense but a spade is that!!!! you deliverd bad amongst us. You suffer just like they did. Where they went is anyones guess but you bet your a&% that he is'nt aroung us Black people anymore!! you can bet your a#@ on that.
Today my model is
HANDLE YOUR SCANDLE