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The Middle Passage

starring: Djimon Hounsou, Maka Kotto
directed by: Guy Deslauriers

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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9780783120492
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0783120494
Label: HBO Home Video
Manufacturer: HBO Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: HBO Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 04, 2003
Running Time: 78 minutes
Sales Rank: 22616
Studio: HBO Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2000



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It was the route between Africa and the New World that carried slaves to exchange for sugar and tobacco. It was the sea that carried a human cargo, a resting place for thousands who would not survive the journey. It was called THE MIDDLE PASSAGE.

Amazon.com:
The first image seen in The Middle Passage is a spotless tropical beach. But this is paradise lost, and most of the remainder of this poetically harrowing feature is spent on a slave ship bound from the African coast to the New World. The purpose of Martinique-born director Guy Deslauriers is not to tell a story--there is no dialogue--but to impressionistically capture the horror of the 'middle passage,' the trans-Atlantic journey in human cargo. As the images of death and disease move by, they are augmented by narration spoken by an African--perhaps his voice is every slave's--on board. The fascinating narration, adapted by the novelist Walter Mosley (from the original French), is spoken in the hauntingly musical cadences of Djimon Hounsou (Amistad), and brings home the spiritual ruin of people separated from land and ancestors. This is a film not only of horror, but of sorrow. --Robert Horton



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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - The Middle Passage
Excellent video for everyone to see. A big part of history has been omitted from the books and lessons. ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - the greatest genocide of all - vividly brought to life
This excellent film shows the true horror of slavery vivdly to life in excruciating detail. The subject ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - The Middle Passage
This movie is excellent! I am an Equal Opportunity Adviser, and this movie is a great visual aide in the ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - OUTSTANDING!Everyone shares the blame for this mess!!
Everyone is to blame for the holocaust of millions of innocent people in the slave trade;such is the sad and ... Read More


Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - A great opportunity to educate missed.
The rather flat narration and slow cinematography made this a difficult film to keep your attention. It is true ... Read More

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