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Two documentary filmmakers go back in time to the pre-Civil War American South, to film the slave trade.Two documentary filmmakers go back in time to the pre-Civil War American South, to film the slave trade.Two documentary filmmakers go back in time to the pre-Civil War American South, to film the slave trade.
Stefano Sibaldi
- Narrator
- (voice)
Dick Gregory
- Self
- (uncredited)
Gualtiero Jacopetti
- Self
- (uncredited)
Ernest Kubler
- Whip
- (uncredited)
Franco Prosperi
- Self
- (uncredited)
Shelley Spurlock
- Girl
- (uncredited)
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- Writers
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- TriviaThe movie was originally released in Italy in a 119-minute version and immediately withdrawn when the directors were sued for plagiarism by writer Joseph Chamberlain Furnas. It was re-released in March 1972 in a re-cut 136-minute version under the title 'Zio Tom.'
- Crazy credits'Questo film è un documentario. I fatti sono storicamente avvenuti ed i personaggi sono realmente esistiti.' Which translates to: 'This film is a documentary. The facts historically happened and the persons really existed.'
- Alternate versionsBefore receiving a UK cinema certificate in 1973 the film was extensively cut by around 30 minutes by the BBFC with heavy edits to rape scenes, footage of sexual experiments, graphic violence, the fantasy murder sequence, and the opening scenes on the slave ship.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Adam & Yves (1974)
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VERY hard to watch...but watch you WILL
This is not real. But it was. That's the rub.
A chopper goes back in time to the slavery days of America. The pre Civil War years when blacks were basically livestock.
Slaves are bought, sold, traded, and given away as gifts. No concern for the families being broken up so callously. And the traders thought this was God's will. A preacher even affirms this.
They eat the back end of the crops. And if they refuse, they get force fed. These scenes are hard to watch because of the violence and the grossness. But it DID happen that way.
Of course you have your whipping scenes. Seems ordinary, but remember, the blacks weren't criminals. They were people like the rest of us. They did nothing to deserve their plight.
What shocked me was watching the owners grab body parts like they were looking for ripe veggies. And check their teeth and eyes like they were buying a race horse.
Shock-o-rama. And mostly because it's true.
A chopper goes back in time to the slavery days of America. The pre Civil War years when blacks were basically livestock.
Slaves are bought, sold, traded, and given away as gifts. No concern for the families being broken up so callously. And the traders thought this was God's will. A preacher even affirms this.
They eat the back end of the crops. And if they refuse, they get force fed. These scenes are hard to watch because of the violence and the grossness. But it DID happen that way.
Of course you have your whipping scenes. Seems ordinary, but remember, the blacks weren't criminals. They were people like the rest of us. They did nothing to deserve their plight.
What shocked me was watching the owners grab body parts like they were looking for ripe veggies. And check their teeth and eyes like they were buying a race horse.
Shock-o-rama. And mostly because it's true.
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- haildevilman
- May 3, 2007
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- Also known as
- White Devil: Black Hell
- Filming locations
- Port-au-Prince, Haiti(Majority of interiors and exteriors)
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- Runtime2 hours 3 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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