Jasmine Adel
August 23 marks World Day to Commemorate the Slave Trade. Here are some of the most famous films that presented the stories of heroes who revolted against slavery, seeking freedom, even for death.
"Hidden Numbers"
"Hidden Figures" is a women's tournament based on a 2016 autobiography, but it took place in the 1960s, with three female champions working for NASA. Although they are genius in their work, the color of their skin is the reason for their exposure to racism and to occupy positions below their abilities.
Faced with their insistence on self-assertion and their eagerness to develop themselves, they can impose themselves and reach what they have achieved to the point of perpetuating their names following their outstanding contributions to American history. Oscar, Golden Globe and BAFTA were nominated for $ 236 million.
"Selma" .. Freedom for all
Selma is a historical drama and autobiography produced in 2014, which critics celebrated to win the Oscar and the Golden Globe, albeit with an average revenue of $ 66.8 million.
The story centered on the peaceful march led by political and human rights activist Martin Luther King in 1965, from Selma to Montgomery to demand that African Americans be given the right to vote.
"12 years of slavery"
(12 Years a Slave) One of the most inspiring films of slavery in the last decade, the work was released in 2013 to win three Oscars alongside the Golden Globe and BAFTA, before being ranked 197th in the "IMDB" list of 250 best films in the history of world cinema. .
The work was marked by a collective tournament that included stars such as Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Giamatti and Brad Pitt, as well as his human plot based on an 1841 autobiography.
The movie star is a black-skinned man who works as a carpenter, a musician and enjoys his free life with his small family, unless he reckoned to find himself numb by some and sold as a slave. Which changes his life forever and makes it more miserable amid his attempts to defend his freedom and dignity and prove his truth as a free man is not the property of anyone.
Lincoln.
"Lincoln" (Lincolin) is a historical film produced in 2012, directed by Steven Spielberg, a biography that brought to her hero Daniel Day Luis Oscar deserved, in addition to the Golden Globe and BAFTA. His events centered on the last four months of the life of former US President Abraham Lincoln, during which he struggled to pass one of the most important constitutional amendments.
He had to convince the US House of Representatives to prevent slavery and stop the bloodshed caused by years of US civil war. This did not come to the whim of many, whether to feel superiority over those who consider them less than them, or for fear of damage to their interests when this is achieved, which made his task almost impossible.
"Help"
"The Help" is a drama film released in 2011, based on a novel of the same name, and although it is a female starring, it succeeded in making positive echoes that earned it the Oscar, BAFTA, British and Golden Globe, and ranked 237 on the AMDB list. Its revenues exceeded $ 216 million out of a total budget of only $ 25 million.
The film's events are fictional, but they reflect the bitter reality of the 1960s, where dark-skinned people used to be mistreated by their white-skinned servants, along with some rules that prevented them from being in some key places, something that was not humane or fair.
This provokes two maids to address it in their own way, although it seems a little helpless.This coincides with the decision of a white-skinned girl to spread the racism of the "blacks" led by her desire to prove her journalistic talent, as well as the civil rights movement to criminalize racism towards African Americans.
Amistad.
Amistad, a 1997 Oscar-nominated film based on a true story of one of Africa's biggest slave trade events, took place in 1839 and was about a Spanish ship whose owners transport slaves from Cuba to America. In one such deal, the hijackers were able to take control of the ship, resulting in altercations that in turn killed some Spanish commanders.
But Africans are once again deceived when they are surprised themselves in America rather than back home, which puts them on trial as rebel slaves who have committed murder, even in defense of their freedom and themselves. There, in a land where they do not speak their language and do not belong to them, they are being prosecuted by people who look at them inferiorly.
brave Heart
Slavery and racism were not the preserve of certain people, but were subjected to many societies, including films that spotted that "Braveheart" one of the most famous films of the nineties starring star Mel Gibson, to win five Oscars and ranks 74 on the list " AMDB ".
The story of the film - adapted from the events of some real and dramatic - took place in Scotland, which suffered from the English occupation in the thirteenth century, until William Wallace came to lead a revolution against injustice to restore the homeland and dignity, and although the spark of the first revolution is triggered by a personal accident of the hero, It succeeds in attracting thousands who have lived dreaming of a normal life.