Watching 'The Book of Negroes'

[bravenak]

Good mini series about a Slave woman and her journey from Africa to America, to Canada and back to Africa. It's pretty long, so, it might be best to catch it when you have plenty of free time. It is very well done.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_Negroes_(miniseries)

[applegrove]

1. Yes I just watched it. Read the book years ago. Well done series. Shows you how harrowing it was to

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be building a life in whatever ways are possible and having some monster come along and destroy it at every turn. Such was slavery.

[bravenak]

4. Glad you were watching it with me.

Such a well made series. I think I need to read the book next.

[heaven05]

2. thanks for this

. I still haven't been able to watch Amistad, 12years a slave. Hell I can't even watch Rwanda yet. But I'm working up to it. I'll be watching this one also. It's the total inhumanity and hate that I cannot fathom. How one race can consider themselves justified in their racial supremacy to send millions of people to a certain early grave is beyond me. And we see a resurgence today of this same mentality. On a smaller scale grant you, but without constant monitoring, we could be fighting for our very lives any day now.

[bravenak]

3. I think this one was great.

They made it back. I cried when they finally made it home.
It's crazy how the same shit is going on right now today, in a different way. It's loooong, but really moving. I put it up there with roots.
I plan on buying it so I can rewatch it over and over.