Slavery Movies

Karky works in a shipyard owned by Rajanayagam, a feudalistic industrialist who imprisons his workers in the factory compound and refuses to allow...

Juca, a black kid, sees his friends and his mother being hit by his stepfather, without being able to do anything against it, but when he knows that...

Historical documentary about the life of Victor Schoelcher, a French politician and abolitionist active from 1848 to 1893.

This film sheds light on the little-known history of plantations and the enslaved in North Florida. It seeks to advance a sense of place and identity...

A materialist and animist critique of European colonial history, reading the past as something entangled within the present, made up of living and...

She was 29 years old, and a slave. She'd never been to school and could not read or write. She had been beaten, abused, and humiliated. Except for...

Documentary about abolitionist John Brown

Ghost Fleet follows a small group of activists who risk their lives on remote Indonesian islands to find justice and freedom for the enslaved...

The story of a famous group of Macedonian freedom fighters that opposed Ottoman repression at the beginning of 20th century.

This is the true story of Fetim Salam, a Saharawi refugee falsely portrayed as a slave in the Australian documentary 'Stolen'. Australian filmmakers,...

"River of Hope" tells the story of how a former slave Mary Barnes Cabell and her children helped found the first college for African Americans in...

A Macedonian family from Bitola at the turn of the twentieth century tries to survive, preserve its roots and remain together.

A Black man attends a white friend's Southern plantation wedding, and becomes haunted by its history.

A powerful feature documentary about child sexploitation, an epidemic happening in every country around the world. Filmed over a four year period,...

A pious plantation owner attempts to teach Christianity to 12 of his slaves by inviting them to participate in a reenactment of the Last Supper.

In this short film, in search of a cinematic grammar more in tune with Creole imaginary and oral tradition, we follow Ondine's quest. She returns to...

A team of journalists investigate how human trafficking and child labor in the Ivory Coast fuels the worldwide chocolate industry. The crew interview...

The first adaptation of Lew Wallace's novel, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ.

Huck Finn is a homeless boy because he was abandoned by his father, who left the village for over a year. Although he lives in a barrel and the...