Slavery on screen
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Slavery, the most horrific and shameful chapter of American history, has been an irresistible lure for Hollywood over the years, from the rose-colored tableaux of “Gone With the Wind” to the ancestral journey of “Roots” to the revelatory saga of “12 Years a Slave.”
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The Steve McQueen-directed “12 Years a Slave,” written by John Ridley from the Solomon Northup memoir, has been a key force in changing the narrative about the slavery era as depicted on film, TV and the stage.
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George Lucas found himself backpedaling after he likened the Disney Co. to “white slavers.”
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Great Read: A black director, a white author, and their differing accounts of rebel slave Nat Turner
A black filmmaker puts his acting career on hold, raises nearly $10 million and makes a movie about the rebel slave Nat Turner.
