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One thing that really irritated me about this movie was, not just Morgan Freeman's character, but also the atmosphere of the movie itself. I really wish that the movie was centered more around the stories of the Mendi... and not of America. While there part in the was important too, I really think including the Mendi in the movie more would have made the movie more rounded and accurate to history. When the abolitionists brought the translators the point was to get their story, however the movie doesn't really show that. Sigh. Oh well. Even Spielberg isn't perfect. Also the fact that the movie didn't really stick to the whole slave trade being illegal thing was another annoying point. It is yet [http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/74 another story] about the justification of the white man. -Jenn | One thing that really irritated me about this movie was, not just Morgan Freeman's character, but also the atmosphere of the movie itself. I really wish that the movie was centered more around the stories of the Mendi... and not of America. While there part in the was important too, I really think including the Mendi in the movie more would have made the movie more rounded and accurate to history. When the abolitionists brought the translators the point was to get their story, however the movie doesn't really show that. Sigh. Oh well. Even Spielberg isn't perfect. Also the fact that the movie didn't really stick to the whole slave trade being illegal thing was another annoying point. It is yet [http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/74 another story] about the justification of the white man. -Jenn | ||
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| + | The illustrations in the Bible were made by Gustave Dore. He published his work on the Bible in 1866. It would be long after the court cases. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118607/goofs) -A. Brudno | ||
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