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Cloud Atlas
Cloud Atlas (2012)
, 2h52
Directed by Lana et Lilly Wachowski, Tom Tykwer
Origin German
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Clonage, Films about slavery, Seafaring films, Philosophie, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, LGBT-related films, Disaster films, LGBT-related film
Actors Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Götz Otto, Jim Broadbent, Hugo Weaving, Jim Sturgess

Adam Ewing, an American lawyer, has come to the Chatham Islands to conclude a business arrangement with Reverend Horrox and his father-in-law. While in Horrox's plantation, he witnesses the whipping of a Moriori slave, Autua, who later stows away on the ship. Autua confronts Ewing and convinces him to advocate for Autua to join the crew as a free man. Dr Henry Goose slowly poisons Ewing, claiming it to be the cure for a parasitic worm, to steal Ewing's valuables. As Goose administers the fatal dose, Autua saves Ewing. Returning to the United States, Ewing and his wife Tilda denounce her father's complicity in slavery and leave to join the abolition movement.
Django Unchained
Django Unchained (2012)
, 2h45
Directed by Quentin Tarantino
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Western, Spaghetti Western
Themes Films about slavery, Films about racism
Actors Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L. Jackson, Kerry Washington, Walton Goggins

In Texas 1858, the Speck brothers, Ace and Dicky, drive black slaves on foot. Among the shackled slaves is Django, sold off and separated from his wife, Broomhilda von Shaft. The Speck brothers are stopped by Dr. King Schultz, a German ex-dentist and bounty hunter from Düsseldorf, Prussia. Schultz asks to buy one of the slaves; when he questions Django about his knowledge of the Brittle brothers, for whom Schultz is carrying a warrant, Ace becomes irritated and aims his shotgun at Schultz. Schultz quickly kills Ace and leaves Dicky at the mercy of the newly freed slaves, who shoot Dicky in the head.
Lincoln
Lincoln (2012)
, 2h30
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Historical
Themes Films about slavery, Politique, Films about racism, Political films, Children's films, White House in fiction
Actors Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, James Spader, Tim Blake Nelson

In January 1865, President Abraham Lincoln expects the Civil War to end within a month. However, he is concerned that his 1863 Emancipation Proclamation may be discarded by the courts once the war has concluded and that the Thirteenth Amendment be defeated by the returning slave states. Lincoln feels it is imperative to pass the amendment by the end of the month, thus removing any possibility that slaves who have already been freed may be re-enslaved. The Radical Republicans fear the amendment will be defeated by some who merely wish to delay its passage; the support of the amendment by Republicans in the border states is not yet assured either, since they prioritize the issue of ending the war. Even if all of them are ultimately brought on board, the amendment will still require the support of several Democratic congressmen if it is to pass. With dozens of Democrats having just become lame ducks after losing their re-election campaigns in the fall of 1864, some of Lincoln's advisors believe that he should wait until the new Republican-heavy Congress is seated, presumably giving the amendment an easier road to passage. Lincoln, however, remains adamant about having the amendment in place and the issue of slavery settled before the war is concluded and the southern states readmitted into the Union.
War Witch
War Witch (2012)
, 1h30
Directed by Kim Nguyen
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, War
Themes Films about children, Films about slavery, Enfant soldat
Actors Rachel Mwanza

During a civil war in sub-saharan Africa, a 12-year-old girl named Komona is abducted by rebel forces to become a child soldier. She is given a gun and told to choose between shooting her parents, who huddle in front of her, or watching them come to a much more painful end via machete. With tears in her eyes, she shoots them. Then, with other captives, she is whisked by motorised canoe up the river and led into a forest where training exercises immediately commence. New recruits are regularly beaten and face near-starvation.
Slavery by Another Name
Slavery by Another Name (2012)
, 1h30
Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Historical
Themes Films about slavery
Actors Laurence Fishburne

Le film traite de la façon dont l'esclavage perdure aux États-Unis par de nombreuses manières, et ce malgré sa « supposée » abolition il y a plusieurs décennies.
Case départ
Case départ (2011)
, 1h34
Directed by Fabrice Éboué, Lionel Steketee, Thomas N'Gijol
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about slavery, Time travel films
Actors Fabrice Éboué, Eriq Ebouaney, Thomas N'Gijol, Stéfi Celma, Étienne Chicot, Michel Crémadès

Régis et Joël sont deux demi-frères que tout oppose : le premier est métis, marié et père d'une fille, conseiller municipal dans une mairie et intégré au milieu de la classe moyenne ; tandis que le second est sans-emploi et vit chez sa mère avec sa fille, depuis sa sortie de prison pour agression sur une personne âgée. Les deux hommes sont un jour réclamés aux Antilles au chevet de leur père mourant, absent car ayant énormément voyagé et connu de nombreuses femmes. Là, ils reçoivent pour seul héritage l'acte d'affranchissement ayant libéré leurs ancêtres esclaves. Nullement préoccupés par la valeur symbolique de ce document, ils le déchirent, ce qui provoque la colère de leur tante.
Nefarious: Merchant of Souls
Nefarious: Merchant of Souls (2011)
, 1h36
Directed by Benjamin Nolot
Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Crime
Themes Films about children, Films about slavery, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about pedophilia, Films about prostitution, Documentary films about law, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about prostitution, Documentary films about child abuse, Films about child abuse
Actors Bill Oberst Jr.

The first scene of the film is a reenactment of a kidnapping. A girl is kidnapped and brought to the apartment of a criminal organization, where she is confined with other girls in a room with a creaky ceiling lit by a flickering lightbulb. The girls are naked and cry from fear as men examine them and shout commands and threats at them. One girl is dragged away into another room. The girls are then brutally abused until they become sexually submissive. These events take place in a small European town, possibly in Moldova. The film asserts that 10% of the population of Moldova has been sexually trafficked. From there, the film tracks the girls through Serbia and Croatia to Amsterdam's red-light district and markets in Berlin and Las Vegas. Among legal prostitution in cities, the slavery goes undetected. Slaves are depicted in confinement, at their places of work, and as they are sold. Many of the girls are orphans and all are either initially kidnapped or tricked into forced prostitution. The methods that the traffickers use to keep the girls include hard drugs, mind control, and both sexual and physical abuse.
Not My Life
Not My Life (2011)
, 1h23
Directed by Richard Young
Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Crime
Themes Films about children, Films about slavery, Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about pedophilia, Films about prostitution, Documentary films about law, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about prostitution, Documentary films about health care, Documentary films about child abuse, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Films about child abuse
Actors Glenn Close

Ce film dépeint les pratiques cruelles et déshumanisantes de la traite des êtres humains et de l'esclavage moderne à l'échelle mondiale. Filmé sur cinq continents, dans une douzaine de pays, "Not My Life" emmène le spectateur dans un monde où des millions d'enfants sont exploités via un panel stupéfiant de pratiques, incluant le travail forcé, le tourisme sexuel, l'exploitation sexuelle, et les enfants soldats.
The Dark Side of Chocolate
The Dark Side of Chocolate (2010)

Origin Danemark
Genres Drama, Documentary
Themes Films about children, Environmental films, Films about slavery, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about environmental issues, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about child abuse, Films about child abuse

In 2001, the Chocolate Manufacturers Association formed an action plan entitled the Harkin-Engel Protocol aimed at ending child trafficking and slave labor in the cocoa industry.
Motherland
Motherland (2010)
, 1h58
Directed by Owen 'Alik Shahadah
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about slavery, Films about racism, Documentary films about racism, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about historical events, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about politics, Political films
Actors Harry Belafonte, Abdulkadir Ahmed Said

Motherland is an epic documentary about the African continent from Ancient Egypt to the present. It is an overview of African history and contemporary issues but with the African people at the centre of the story. It is one of the first Pan-African features to be made.
Lindsay Lohan's Indian Journey
Lindsay Lohan's Indian Journey (2010)
, 57minutes
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about slavery, Films about sexuality, Films about prostitution, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about prostitution
Actors Lindsay Lohan

In Lindsay Lohan's Indian Journey, Lohan meets and interviews victims of human trafficking in Delhi, Kolkata and a village in West Bengal. They talk about the exploitation and abuse they have experienced, describing sexual slavery, physical abuse and difficulties in bringing their traffickers to justice. She also talks to a former trafficker and parents of trafficked children. One trafficked boy says that he can not go back home because his mother is ill. A mother who trafficked her daughter describes how her family did not have enough food, and how even though they never received the promised payments for her daughter's work, at least she was fed.