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“This will help me through my mid-life crisis.” Justine Triet and Arthur Harari with their Best Writing (Original Screenplay) Oscars for 'Anatomy of a Fall.' Photo Credit: Matt Sayles

“This will help me through my mid-life crisis.”

Justine Triet and Arthur Harari with their Best Writing (Original Screenplay) Oscars for ‘Anatomy of a Fall.’

Photo Credit: Matt Sayles

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12 Years a Slave (2013) – The Oscar-winning adaptation of Solomon Northup's memoir, detailing the harrowing 12 years a free Black man from New York spent in captivity in Louisiana. Amistad (1997) – Directed by Steven Spielberg, this film recounts the 1839 mutiny aboard a Spanish slave ship and the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that followed. Beloved (1998) – Based on Toni Morrison’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, this haunting film explores the deep psychological trauma lingering long after escape from slavery. The Birth of a Nation (2016) – A dramatization of the life of Nat Turner, the enslaved preacher who led a historic 1831 slave rebellion in Virginia. Harriet (2019) – A biographical film following the life of Harriet Tubman as she escapes slavery and risks her life to lead hundreds of enslaved people to freedom via the Underground Railroad. Django Unchained (2012) – Quentin Tarantino’s stylized spaghetti Western follows a freed slave who partners with a bounty hunter to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation. Glory (1989) – While primarily focusing on the American Civil War, this masterpiece highlights the 54th Massachusetts Infantry, a regiment composed of freed and escaped Black men fighting for the Union. Free State of Jones (2016): The story of Newton Knight, a Mississippi farmer who led a rebellion of poor white farmers and runaway slaves against the Confederacy. The Color Purple (1985) - While focusing heavily on the early 20th-century American South, the narrative is deeply rooted in the generational trauma and resilience tracing back to the post-emancipation and slavery eras. Lincoln (2012) – Directed by Steven Spielberg, this film portrays the final months in the life of Abraham Lincoln and his political maneuvers to pass the Thirteenth Amendment, which officially abolished slavery in the United States

My Top Ten Slavery Movies:

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Before 12 Years a Slave became one of the most acclaimed historical films of the 21st century, director Steve McQueen and stars Chiwetel Ejiofor and Michael Fassbender sat down with Charlie Rose on October 10, 2013, for one of the most thoughtful conversations ever recorded about the making of the film. Airing just days before the film’s theatrical release, the interview offers a remarkable look inside the creative philosophy that shaped a work now widely regarded as one of the most historically authentic cinematic depictions of American slavery.

’12 Years a Slave’ (2013) – Interview:

Steve McQueen: Why I Made 12 Years a Slave... Before 12 Years a Slave became one of the most acclaimed historical films of the 21st century, director Steve McQueen and stars Chiwetel Ejiofor and Michael Fassbender sat…

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