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Mandingo is a 1975 American historical melodrama film that focuses on the Atlantic slave trade in the Antebellum South.The film's title refers to the Mandinka people, who are referred to as "Mandingos", and described as being good slaves for fighting matches.
It also became the first film to gross over $300 million for an opening weekend and had the highest weekend debut of 2019. Its $1.2 billion worldwide opening weekend broke Avengers: Infinity War ' s records ($640.5 million) for the highest worldwide opening weekend debut for a comic book film and of all-time.
YouTube Movies & TV is a video on demand service that offers movies and television shows for purchase or rental, depending on availability, along with a selection of movies (encompassing between 100 and 500 titles overall) that are free to stream, with interspersed ad breaks. YouTube began offering free-to-view movie titles to its users in ...
The film features a slave nursemaid as a prominent supporting character. Actress Hattie McDaniel won Best Supporting Actress, becoming the first African American woman to win an Academy Award. [10] Harriet: 2019: Based on the true story of Harriet Tubman, who escaped from slavery then worked to free hundreds more. The Horse Soldiers: 1959
Monos is a 2019 internationally co-produced war drama film directed by Alejandro Landes, written by Landes and Alexis Dos Santos and produced by Fernando Epstein, Santiago Zapata, Martin Solibakke, Cristina Landes and Landes himself.
Harriet is a 2019 American biographical film directed by Kasi Lemmons, who also wrote the screenplay with Gregory Allen Howard.It stars Cynthia Erivo as abolitionist Harriet Tubman, with Leslie Odom Jr., Joe Alwyn, and Janelle Monáe in supporting roles.
[1] [6] To prepare for the film, Stuart read books on slavery in the Antebellum South [1] and worked for a week perfecting his scenes with actor friends. [11] Stuart told San Diego Jewish World that the role was life-changing, and he rededicated himself to being honest and truthful in his performances. [9] Stuart says it is his favorite role. [4]
12 Years a Slave is a 2013 biographical historical drama film directed by Steve McQueen from a screenplay by John Ridley, based on the 1853 slave memoir Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup, an African American man who was kidnapped in Washington, D.C. by two conmen in 1841 and sold into slavery.