Perfect Civil War Movie

Rating: 10/10 (21 December 2015)

The art depicted in this movie perfectly captures this dark era of slavery. The viewers are constantly exposed to the harsh reality of what once was accepted.
One out of many important scenes was when the protagonist, Â¨Platt,Â¨ was being hanged after he had lashed out against one of the slave owners who regulated him and countless other slaves. His consequence was to be hanged in a long, drooling scene where he is shown being hanged while around beautiful nature scenery. The scene lasted around two to five minutes and in doing this the movie really amplified the idea of suffering these enslaved people were having to endure.
Another example of this would be the scene where the mother was forced away from her two children, never to see them again. She was placed in an auction house with her son and daughter and, if asked, would have to show their physical ability like the son had to by running in place doing high knee exercises. This showed how this enslaved race was viewed as mere objects and it really hit home with the idea that these white slave owners were soulless beings who can just rip a family apart and destroy lives in order to make some money.
The moral of the story is these white slave owners neglect to remember that the lives of others are truly priceless and there is no amount of money or possessions that the human experience can be valued with.