The Middle Passage
by Guy Deslauriers
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Actor: Djimon Hounsou, Maka KottoDirector: Guy Deslauriers
Brand: Warner Brothers
Cinematographer: Jacques Boumendil
Editor: Aïlo Auguste-Judith
Producer: David Gaines
Producer: Shelby Stone
Producer: Yasmina Hou-You-Fat
Writer: Claude Chonville
Writer: Patrick Chamoiseau
Writer: Walter Mosley
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Letterboxed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 78 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-02-04
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: 91895
Studio: HBO Home Video
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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.Running Time: 76 min. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: NR Age: 026359189524 UPC: 026359189524 Manufacturer No:
DVD Reviews of The Middle Passage
DVD Review: A great opportunity to educate missed.
Summary: 2 Stars
The rather flat narration and slow cinematography made this a difficult film to keep your attention. It is true that the slave-trading era is a dark book in human history that dates back 1000's of years and continues to this day in some cultures. The height of African slave trade to the New World was between the 17th and 18th century. I had hope this film effort would be an educational and informative film, but came across more as a grasp for pity more so than opportunity to enlighten and educate. While very loosely based in hard cold facts, much license has been taken with the facts. Many events appear to have come from numerous ships logs are compiled into one ships journey giving the impression of great suffering on a single voyage. Not to minimize the suffering that did take place on these voyages one must note that little tidbit of information for relevance. Slave ships were horrid places and the average slave had less than 2 square feet of space, less on some vessels. The treatment and mortality rate was appalling, was cramped beyond comprehension and little to no food and water during their crossing. There are many excellent writing of the period on the conditions and events on these ships and are far more informative and true to fact than this production. Primarily from the writing of inspectors that patrolled the seas after the band on slave trading in 1807 (Britain) and 1808 (US). These inspectors account the conditions, treatment and savagery on these vessels\. I would recommend those as opposed to this. Since nearly all victims of the slave trade where illiterate and had no written language little is known of their suffering from their eyes and words, so much poetic license and projection is being made as to the true events. The important point I'm making is that this is a movies is very loosely based on many real events, but it is not to be taken as literal history that would be a grave error. The opportunity to make a truly impacting informative educational film here that reflected the mistreatment and suffering of these people was missed. I would very highly recommend that if you are an educator and plan to show this film as part of a history class, please arm yourself with knowledge first as little is to be found within this work.
Description of The Middle Passage
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.Running Time: 76 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA UPC: 026359189524Bestsellers in DVD
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