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Trevor Noah recommended Homegoing in Books (curated)
Yoko Ono recommended The Slave Next Door: Human Trafficking and Slavery in America Today in Books (curated)
MissCagey (2652 KP) rated 12 Years a Slave (2013) in Movies
Mar 9, 2018
Hana Wilsei (7 KP) rated The Tempest in Books
Dec 28, 2017
Maggie Nelson recommended Scenes of Subjection: Terror, Slavery and Self-Making in Nineteenth-Century America in Books (curated)
Yara Shahidi recommended Chains (Seeds of America, #1) in Books (curated)
Suswatibasu (1701 KP) rated The Handmaid's Tale in Books
Aug 1, 2017
Shocking, terrifying look at state sponsored slavery of women in the future
Having read this at a girl's school, The Handmaid's Tale is a truly frightening dystopian novel highlighting the state's control over women's bodies. The most worrying aspect of the novel is that parts of it rings true around the world today.
Sydney White (2 KP) created a video about Twelve Years a Slave in Books
Dec 12, 2017 (Updated Dec 13, 2017)
Awix (3310 KP) rated Harriet (2019) in Movies
Nov 26, 2019 (Updated Nov 27, 2019)
Earnestly worthy (or possibly worthily earnest) bio-pic. Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery, helps many others do the same, makes many stirring speeches while music swells behind her, and receives the odd vision courtesy of God (or may just have seizures as a consequence of brain damage).
A powerful performance from Erivo, and the film initially manages to bring the horrors of slavery to vivid life in a way that even 12 Years a Slave didn't quite manage, as well as presenting a more complex view of life in the slave states before the American civil war. But the story soon becomes a bit disjointed and repetitive, and by the end it has turned into a rather clunky melodrama only partly redeemed by reasonable performances and production values.
A powerful performance from Erivo, and the film initially manages to bring the horrors of slavery to vivid life in a way that even 12 Years a Slave didn't quite manage, as well as presenting a more complex view of life in the slave states before the American civil war. But the story soon becomes a bit disjointed and repetitive, and by the end it has turned into a rather clunky melodrama only partly redeemed by reasonable performances and production values.
The Chocolate Lady (94 KP) rated Marching to Zion in Books
Oct 7, 2020
During the early part of the 20th century, despite slavery having been long over, equality was still far in the future, especially when it came to interracial couples, and even more so if one of them was Jewish. Read my review of this unusual and fascinating novel here https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2014/08/09/early-20th-century-american-romeo-and-juliette/