Explosive images and superb acting

Rating: 8/10 (4 January 2014)

Black is beautiful. This is in my opinion the best movie about slavery ever made. Because it portrays the drama of slavery not only in the usual general terms but also the personal and individual drama of the main protagonists with great depth. A free black man who lives in the north with his wife and children is abducted and taken to Georgia where he is turned into a slave to work as a farm labourer in extremely hard conditions. Through the story dramatically very well told in images and scenes we are also aware of the process of slavery with all its course of violence and the severe violation of the most basic human rights of men and women. The images and scenes are powerful and extremely impressive. The acting by all performers is superb and there is a remarkable set of black performers who do an excellent job. This is in fact an unmissable movie.