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Nightjohn
Nightjohn (1996)
, 1h32
Directed by Charles Burnett
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about slavery, Films about racism
Actors Beau Bridges, Gabriel Casseus, Carl Lumbly, Lorraine Toussaint, Bill Cobbs, Kathleen York

Sarny is born in the slaves' cabin. Their master, Clel Waller, walks in and becomes angry when he realizes that it is a girl, instead of a boy. He states that a boy is worth a thousand dollars while a girl is worth nothing. But a promise has been made, so the baby girl is not sold. Instead, later when Sarny becomes a child, her mother is sold so that Mr. Waller can recover his money. Sarny is then taken care of by another slave, Delie.
Return to Gorée
Return to Gorée (2007)
, 1h52
Origin Suisse
Genres Documentary, Musical
Themes Films about slavery, Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about music and musicians, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Jazz films, Musical films

Retour à Gorée raconte le périple du chanteur africain Youssou N'Dour sur les traces des esclaves noirs et de la musique qu'ils ont inventée : le jazz. Son défi: rapporter en Afrique un répertoire de jazz et le chanter à Gorée, l'île symbole de la traite négrière, en hommage aux victimes de l'esclavage. Guidé dans sa quête par le pianiste Moncef Genoud, Youssou N'Dour parcourt les États-Unis et l'Europe.
Ceddo
Ceddo (1977)
, 2h
Directed by Ousmane Sembène
Origin Senegal
Genres Drama
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about slavery, Films about religion, Films about Islam
Actors Ousmane Sembène

In Senegal, sometime after the establishment of a European presence in the area but before the imposition of direct French colonial administration, the Ceddo ("commoners") try to preserve their traditional culture against the onslaught of Islam, Christianity, and the slave trade. When local king Demba War sides with the Muslims, the Ceddo abduct his daughter, Dior Yacine, to protest their forced conversion to Islam. After trying to rescue the princess, various heirs to the throne are killed, and Demba War is killed during the night. Eventually the kidnappers are killed and Dior Yacine is brought back to the village to confront the imam, just as all the villagers are being given Muslim names.
Ride with the Devil
Ride with the Devil (1999)
, 2h18
Directed by Ang Lee
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Romance, Western
Themes Films about slavery, Films about racism, Political films
Actors Tobey Maguire, Skeet Ulrich, Jewel, Jeffrey Wright, Simon Baker, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers

Jake Roedel and Jack Bull Chiles are friends in Missouri when the American Civil War breaks out. During the mayhem, Chiles's father is murdered by Kansas pro-Union Jayhawkers. The two men join the First Missouri Irregulars, also known as the Bushwhackers; informal units loyal to Missouri in 1861. They later meet George Clyde and former slave Daniel Holt, whose freedom Clyde has previously granted.
Roots: The Gift
Roots: The Gift (1988)
, 1h40
Directed by Kevin Hooks
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Films about slavery, Christmas films, Films about racism
Actors LeVar Burton, Louis Gossett Jr., Jerry Hardin, Kate Mulgrew, Shaun Cassidy, Avery Brooks

In December 1775, Cletus Moyer (Brooks) is a free black Northerner in colonial America, working with a pre-Underground Railroad network to help slaves escape captivity. In the days just prior to Christmas, a group of bounty hunters led by Hattie Carraway (Mulgrew) captures Moyer near the Parker plantation in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. Because of his capture, dozens of slaves who have already left their plantations in escape attempts are in danger of being captured as well. Moyer implores two slaves from the nearby Reynolds plantation to take his place: Kunta Kinte (Burton), a Mandinka in his mid-twenties who was captured in what is now the Gambia, and Fiddler (Gossett), an elderly man who was born into slavery. Kunta is eager to help (and to escape himself), but Fiddler is unwilling, fearful of the consequences if they are caught.
Unpredictable Nature of the River
Unpredictable Nature of the River (1996)
, 1h51
Directed by Bernard Giraudeau
Origin France
Genres Drama, Adventure
Themes La colonisation française, Films about slavery, Histoire de France
Actors Bernard Giraudeau, Richard Bohringer, Thierry Frémont, Roland Blanche, France Zobda, Olivier Achard

Nous sommes en 1787 ; parce qu'il a tué en duel un ami du roi Louis XVI, Jean-François de la Plaine est exilé à Cap Saint-Louis, un minuscule comptoir africain dont il est nommé gouverneur. Plutôt libre-penseur, il se résigne à son sort, essayant d'adoucir sa solitude au moyen de son épinette (instrument de musique de la famille des clavecins). Très loin, en France, éclate la Révolution, tandis qu'il découvre les multiples facettes de l'Afrique et de l'esclavage, l'amour de la jeune Amélie (une jeune esclave peul qui lui a été offerte) et la richesse de la différence.
Quilombo
Quilombo (1984)
, 1h59
Directed by Carlos Diegues
Origin Bresil
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Films about slavery, Films about racism
Actors Antônio Pitanga, Joffre Soares, Camila Pitanga, Maurício do Valle, Daniel Filho, Vera Fischer

Dans un engenho du Pernambouc vers 1650, un groupe d'esclaves se rebellent et se dirigent vers le Quilombo de Palmares, où existe une nation d'ex-esclaves fugitifs qui résistent au colonialisme.
Untamable Angelique
Untamable Angelique (1967)
, 1h25
Directed by Bernard Borderie
Origin France
Genres Adventure, Historical
Themes Films about slavery, Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films
Actors Michèle Mercier, Robert Hossein, Roger Pigaut, Ettore Manni, Sieghardt Rupp, Arturo Dominici

Angélique ayant appris que son premier mari, Joffrey de Peyrac, est toujours en vie, elle part à sa recherche dans le Sud de la France, en compagnie de son fidèle alchimiste Savary. Ils pensent l'avoir trouvé sur une île où un lépreux évoque un pirate appelé le Rescator, avant de se suicider pour échapper aux hommes du duc de Vivonne. Angélique contraint ce dernier, qui veut la ramener au roi de France Louis XIV, de la conduire en bateau en Sardaigne, sous la menace de révéler que la sœur du duc, madame de Montespan, est en relation avec des cercles occultistes (voir Angélique et le Roy).
The Birth of a Nation
The Birth of a Nation (2016)

Directed by Nate Parker
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Films about slavery, Films about racism
Actors Armie Hammer, Aja Naomi King, Aunjanue Ellis, Gabrielle Union, Nate Parker, Colman Domingo

Le 21 août 1831, dans le comté de Southampton, en Virginie, l'Afro-américain Nat Turner mène une révolte de Noirs, aussi bien libres qu'esclaves. Soixante Blancs et encore plus de Noirs meurent lors de la révolte.
Goodbye Uncle Tom
Goodbye Uncle Tom (1971)
, 2h20
Directed by Francesco Prosperi, Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco E. Prosperi
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Documentary, Horror, Historical, Crime
Themes Films about slavery, Films about racism, Documentary films about racism, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about historical events, Documentaire sur une personnalité
Actors Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco E. Prosperi, Geoffrey Copleston

Le film a été tourné quelques années après Africa addio, à l'origine de polémiques idéologiques, dues à la description des difficultés en tous genres du continent africain après la fin du colonialisme européen.
Band of Angels
Band of Angels (1957)
, 2h5
Directed by Raoul Walsh
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about slavery, Films about racism, Political films
Actors Clark Gable, Yvonne De Carlo, Sidney Poitier, Efrem Zimbalist II, Patric Knowles, Rex Reason

Amantha Starr (Yvonne De Carlo) is raised as the privileged white daughter of a Kentucky plantation owner. However, after he dies, a shocking secret is revealed: unbeknownst to Amantha, her mother had been one of her father's black slaves. Legally now property, she is taken by a slave trader to New Orleans to be sold. On the riverboat ride there, he makes it clear that he intends to sleep with her, but desists when she tries to hang herself; as a beautiful, cultured young woman who can pass for white, she is far too valuable to risk losing.