The film has obvious roots in Jordan Peele’s recent work. “Antebellum” also has roots in Octavia E. Butler’s 1979 slave narrative “Kindred,” a novel ripe for adaptation.

The film has obvious roots in Jordan Peele’s recent work. “Antebellum” also has roots in Octavia E. Butler’s 1979 slave narrative “Kindred,” a novel ripe for adaptation.

Films about slavery such as "Antebellum," "12 Years a Slave" and "Harriet" have an uphill battle to climb with critics, historians and audience members based on subject matter alone.

The film, Slavery By Another Name, explores a system of forced labor that brutalized many black Southerners up to World War II. Host Michel Martin speaks with the film's director and co-executive ...

Horror Short Brings Supernatural Rage to Slavery's Story Capital City Black Film Festival's "Swing Low" By Charlie Neddo, Fri., Aug. 31, 2018 ...

Birmingham, Ala., Dec 16, 2019 / 20:01 pm. EWTN will release Wednesday a short film on the early life of Venerable John Augustus Tolton - the first African American priest - whose cause for ...

The new film builds on SCAD’s previous efforts to publicize the couple’s escape from slavery. In 2016, the university honored the Crafts with a commemorative bronze medallion .

More stories by Nigel M. While a lot of attention has been paid to Chiwetel Ejiofor‘s formidable chops as an actor thanks to his bravura lead turn in Steve McQueen’s “12 Years a Slave ...

In a span of not more than two minutes each, the students explored subjects such as domestic violence, homosexuality, slavery, humour and desensitisation due to violence in a total of 15 films ...

Telluride Film Review: ’12 Years a Slave’ This epic account of an unbreakable soul makes even Scarlett O’Hara’s struggles seem petty by comparison.

Rated R. On Amazon, VUDU, iTunes and more. If I told you “Antebellum” combines elements of Academy Award winners “Get Out” and “12 Years a Slave,” I’d have to add, it’s with little ...