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.


0 0 votes
Article Rating
Subscribe
Notify of
0 Comments
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments
Join our Newsletter

Sign up for Rolling Out news straight to your inbox.

Read more about:

Also read

Watch this video

0
Would love your thoughts, please comment.x
()
x
Receive the latest news

Subscribe To Our Daily Newsletter

Get notified about new articles