A couple of mistakes, but still a good movie

Rating: 6/10 (2 January 2016)

I am the type of person that typically enjoys a great action packed movie filled with explosions, gunshots, and great characters. Going into this movie I predicted that I would not enjoy it, because it is the exact opposite of what I enjoy. There was hardly any action, but there was some, like the multiple scenes on the slave trading boats. Even with this limited action I still really enjoyed these last 3 hours.
The movie had some very gruesome scenes in it, like when the slaves were being whipped, and blood was everywhere. This may not be a movie for all, but if you are willing to overlook these scenes and see the big picture, you will enjoy it. The whole purpose is to show how bad slavery is, and what these slaves had to go through. Black people were considered property at this point in time, even though they were living human beings.
Getting away from the big picture things in thin movie, there were some details that were historically inaccurate. MArtin van Buren was campaigning for the 1840 election, even though presidents didn't campaign at that time. Or that this was about foreign slave trade, and that it had nothing to do with domestic slave trade. Lastly, lots of people were talking about the civil war even though it was about 20 years in advance.
Another detail I didn't like was that all of the slaves spoke in their native language of Mende, and that I either didn't understand it, or I had t read closed captions. It would have been much better if they spoke in English.
If you are willing to look over these couple of details, and look at the big picture of what is going on in this movie, then it is for you. I was one of the people who could look it over, so I enjoyed it. I got the point of the horrible human crime of slavery, and the struggle to abolish the slave trade.