Truths of Slavery

Rating: 7/10 (3 January 2016)

In 1839 a group of 53 slaves are taken aboard a ship headed for America from Cuba. Cinque, a slave on the ship, leads the others in a violent rebellion. They take over the ship in a way that exposes the violence and the measures that they were willing to take in order to achieve freedom. When they arrive in America they immediately become prisoners while faced with an intense debate. Midway through this film viewers get a glimpse of Cinque's life before being taken into captivity. They show him with his family in his village to accentuate the true damaging effect of slavery. This movie serves to emphasize the pain and suffering that they went through physically, mentally, and emotionally.