Slavery Movies

Paul Grignon's 47-minute animated presentation of "Money as Debt" tells in very simple and effective graphic terms what money is and how it is being...

Documentary about reggae in Jamaica and its history. Filmed in 1979.

Mice sold into slavery and driven to pick cotton by whip-cracking cats plot their escape to freedom.

In the Bernese Alps, the Agassizhorn peak memorialises Louis Agassiz – a controversial 19th-century scientist, who not only named the mountain...

An up-close look at the true nature of the sex trade. The film unveils a growing problem in major U.S. cities where girls as young as 12 years old...

Lesson in History was produced when Peters was a student at the West Surrey School of Art and Design. Having read The People Could Fly by Virginia...

A moving recording of the late writer and renowned jazz singer Abbey Lincoln is captured in this new film from Brooklyn-born director Rodney...

A trio of short films commissioned to be shown to visitors entering the National Freedom Center in Cincinnati Ohio. Freedom and Unfreedom by...

The film tells the story of 25-year-old Urmila Chaudary from Nepal. At the age of six she was sold by her family and was forced to work as a slave...

"All Equal!" is an evocative animated film that unfolds around a village fire where a grandfather narrates the poignant tale of his ancestors and...

How does a state with the motto “Live Free or Die” and a celebrated legacy of abolitionism confront and understand its participation in...

Young Anita's life consists of working as a servant to a wealthy family, leaving her little time for anything else. Her servitude (which some would...

Directed by Elio Suhamy.

On November 17, 2015, construction on Baldwin Hall on the University of Georgia campus came to a halt when workers uncovered human remains on the...

In the city of Havana in 1964, Papolo, son of a free slave, decides to give a Christmas toy to his sister. He discovers the city and its inhabitants...

Inspired by the powerful true story of the Igbo Landing of 1803, where a group of enslaved Africans chose the ocean over slavery. This poetic film...

A portrait of a Virginia community observed through its residents, who reflect on histories of race and slavery, the role of faith in shaping...