The best movies and series about slavery
The top 3 according to 442 votes from people: 12 Years a Slave (2013) · The Underground Railroad (2021) · Roots (1977). (Updated Dec 11, 2024.)
From Roots and Mandingo to Amistad, 12 Years a Slave and The Underground Railroad: the films and series about slavery in America recommended by Panorama Cultural and El Tiempo.
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Top 10
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1
12 Years a Slave (2013)
Steve McQueen. Solomon Northup, a free man kidnapped and sold into slavery. Best Picture Oscar.
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2
The Underground Railroad (2021)
Barry Jenkins series: Cora's escape, from Colson Whitehead's novel.
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3
Roots (1977)
Miniseries from Alex Haley's novel: Kunta Kinte and his descendants.
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Amistad (1997)
Steven Spielberg. The 1839 revolt on the slave ship La Amistad and the trial that followed.
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5
Glory (1989)
Edward Zwick. The 54th Massachusetts, the Union's first regiment of Black soldiers.
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6
Django Unchained (2012)
Quentin Tarantino. A freed slave searches for his wife with a bounty hunter.
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7
Beloved (1998)
Jonathan Demme. A former slave haunted by her past, from Toni Morrison's novel.
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8
Amazing Grace (2006)
Michael Apted. William Wilberforce and the abolition of the slave trade in Britain.
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9
Mandingo (1975)
Richard Fleischer. The brutality of a Louisiana slave plantation.
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10
Manderlay (2005)
Lars von Trier. An Alabama plantation where slavery goes on seventy years after abolition.
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Comments (1)
Raíces la vi de niño con mis padres y no se me olvida la escena de Kunta Kinte con el látigo. The Underground Railroad es durísima pero preciosa.