Slavery Movies

  • 1956
    Bloomer Girl

    Bloomer Girl

    Bloomer Girl

    01956HD

    In 1956, BLOOMER GIRL was presented in a live television production starring the magnificent Barbara Cook, whose star was then on the rise, with...

    Bloomer Girl
  • 2008
    Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North

    Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North

    Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North

    02008HD

    A descendant of the largest slave-trading family in U.S. history, filmmaker Katrina Browne explores the contemporary legacy of slavery by traveling...

    Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North
  • 1997
    The Middle Passage

    The Middle Passage

    The Middle Passage

    01997HD

    "Explores the 400-year era of the transatlantic slave trade, when millions of Africans were kidnapped and shipped to the Americas. Features...

    The Middle Passage
  • 1970
    All Equal!

    All Equal!

    All Equal!

    01970HD

    "All Equal!" is an evocative animated film that unfolds around a village fire where a grandfather narrates the poignant tale of his ancestors and...

    All Equal!
  • 1970
    Jacob's Trouble

    Jacob's Trouble

    Jacob's Trouble

    01970HD

    One of the most famous Bible stories of all time retold against the backdrop of the Spanish Inquisition, the conquest of the New World, the birth of...

    Jacob's Trouble
  • 1970
    Bongó Itá

    Bongó Itá

    Bongó Itá

    01970HD

    A rare close-up of the Abakuá —an Afro-Cuban religious brotherhood that has been hidden from outsiders until recently. A symbol of...

    Bongó Itá
  • 1972
    Slavery In The 70's

    Slavery In The 70's

    Slavery In The 70's

    01972HD

    Heroin anti-drug educational film

    Slavery In The 70's
  • 2006
    Memórias da Chibata

    Memórias da Chibata

    Memórias da Chibata

    02006HD

    Juca, a black kid, sees his friends and his mother being hit by his stepfather, without being able to do anything against it, but when he knows that...

    Memórias da Chibata
  • 1970
    Surviving Clotilda

    Surviving Clotilda

    Surviving Clotilda

    01970HD

    In July 1860, the schooner Clotilda slipped quietly into the dark waters of Mobile, Ala., holding 110 Africans stolen from their homes and families,...

    Surviving Clotilda
  • 1970
    The Divided Union: The Story of the American Civil War

    The Divided Union: The Story of the American Civil War

    The Divided Union: The Story of the American Civil War

    01970HD

    Peter Batty presents a gripping account of the bloodshed and horror of the American Civil War. From the origins of the unrest between North and...

    The Divided Union: The Story of the American Civil War
  • 1922
    Omar the Tentmaker

    Omar the Tentmaker

    Omar the Tentmaker

    01922HD

    About Omar Khayyam of Persia, the poet and mathematician, who wrote the Iranian first solar calendar circa A.D. 1073. His fiancé was forced to...

    Omar the Tentmaker
  • 1950
    La montagne est verte

    La montagne est verte

    La montagne est verte

    01950HD

    La montagne est verte
  • 2000
    John Brown's Holy War

    John Brown's Holy War

    John Brown's Holy War

    02000HD

    Documentary about abolitionist John Brown

    John Brown's Holy War
  • 1987
    Papobo

    Papobo

    Papobo

    01987HD

    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...

    Papobo
  • 2000
    Black Slaves for Sale

    Black Slaves for Sale

    Black Slaves for Sale

    02000HD

    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...

    Black Slaves for Sale
  • 1970
    Fatal Promises

    Fatal Promises

    Fatal Promises

    01970HD

    Every year, an estimated 800,000 persons are trafficked across international borders and forced into sexual or labour servitude. Estimates are that...

    Fatal Promises
  • 1929
    Land o' Cotton

    Land o' Cotton

    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
  • 1987
    A Special Friendship

    A Special Friendship

    A Special Friendship

    01987HD

    During the American Civil War, two women, a wealthy white woman and a freed black slave, join forces to fight for freedom and the abolition of...

    A Special Friendship
  • 1910
    Uncle Tom's Cabin

    Uncle Tom's Cabin

    Uncle Tom's Cabin

    01910HD

    The incidents of this story are some of those preceding and leading up to the Civil War in 1861 and the Declaration of Emancipation. The central...

    Uncle Tom's Cabin
  • 2004
    Suite for Freedom

    Suite for Freedom

    Suite for Freedom

    02004HD

    A trio of short films commissioned to be shown to visitors entering the National Freedom Center in Cincinnati Ohio. Freedom and Unfreedom by...

    Suite for Freedom