Slavery Movies

Six Black women throw themselves overboard to escape a slave ship bound for America. Based on Jericó Montilla's play of the same name (a free...

In 2013, three women emerged from a flat in Brixton. They had been held there for decades by Aravindan Balakrishnan, a revolutionary Maoist who...

In 1853, 28 slaves escaped from Boone County, Kentucky. Unwilling to accept their departure, wealthy plantation owners set out to locate the 28,...

The first adaptation of Lew Wallace's novel, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ.

Frans Bromet goes in search of his family history and discovers that Hermanus Bromet was a well-known slave trader in Suriname. Should he feel guilty...

The film expresses the history of oppression, discrimination, violence and hate in America. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best...

A medieval nun's convent is the only refuge for women trying to escape from Turkish raiders looking for slaves. But the beautiful mother superior is...

The decades-long debate surrounding reparations is fraught, mired in racial tension and the semantics of restorative justice. While the national...

Love blossoms between Maroc, a singing boat refugee, and Lisa, a collector of singing seashells who dreams about love.

In the eighteenth century, the family of BBC World News anchor and correspondent, Laura Trevelyan, were absentee slave owners on the island of...

The story of a famous group of Macedonian freedom fighters that opposed Ottoman repression at the beginning of 20th century.

The life of a runaway slave who founded the Quilombo dos Palmares, an outlaw community of Brazilian slaves.

A huge bestseller in its day, the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin championed the abolitionist cause while perpetuating racist prejudices about African...

Ghost Fleet follows a small group of activists who risk their lives on remote Indonesian islands to find justice and freedom for the enslaved...

Historical documentary about the life of Victor Schoelcher, a French politician and abolitionist active from 1848 to 1893.

Young American actor comes to Yugoslavia to star in co-production film of the two countries, only to find out that the director was mysteriously...

A Macedonian family from Bitola at the turn of the twentieth century tries to survive, preserve its roots and remain together.

Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus The Movie is a short film adaptation of the game, consisting of modified cutscenes along with additional footage made...

"Una China Poblana" follows a Chinese-Filipino woman, Malaga, living in 1930s Mexico. Due to her race, many aspects of her life encounters hostility....

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)...