Top 12 films that dared to tackle slavery

Top 12 films that dared to tackle slavery

Jefferson in Paris

This film stars Nick Nolte as Thomas Jefferson and Thandie Newton as Sally Hemings, a young slave who bore him several children. Jefferson and Hemings relationship is a major element of film as it attempts to display Jefferson’s moral dilemma of being a Founding Father, who openly employed black slaves.


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