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I was glad to see that there did not seem to be much of a bias in the accuracy of the plot and specifics regarding the story. It is interesting to note the representation of the abolitionist in the film. While blacks were free at that point in the Northern states, that doesn't mean that they were treated well or respected. Much of the Northern population did not want to have anything to do with the free black population. Now I know that some abolitionist were a little on the far side, but Morgan Freeman's character was well regarded everywhere he went and treated just the same as a white man. This may have been influenced with the time periods ideas about the noble North and their crusade against slavery. - Victoria Y. | I was glad to see that there did not seem to be much of a bias in the accuracy of the plot and specifics regarding the story. It is interesting to note the representation of the abolitionist in the film. While blacks were free at that point in the Northern states, that doesn't mean that they were treated well or respected. Much of the Northern population did not want to have anything to do with the free black population. Now I know that some abolitionist were a little on the far side, but Morgan Freeman's character was well regarded everywhere he went and treated just the same as a white man. This may have been influenced with the time periods ideas about the noble North and their crusade against slavery. - Victoria Y. | ||
| − | Amistad came out only four years after Schindler's List. Maybe Steven Spielberg was just on a human rights movie kick? After all, the 1990s was the era of genocides in Rwanda and Bosnia. -Mary Ann | + | Amistad came out only four years after Schindler's List. Maybe Steven Spielberg was just on a human rights movie kick? After all, the 1990s was the era of genocides in Rwanda and Bosnia. It would be understandable for people, on some level, to be grappling with massive moral questions about how the world deals with race/ethnicity/tribe and how we relate to each other as humans. -Mary Ann |
== Comments on the reading versus the movie == | == Comments on the reading versus the movie == | ||
