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The Middle Passage (2000)
Director: Guy Deslauriers
Cast: Djimon Hounsou, Maka Kotto
Runtime78 min
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A realistic look at the horrors of the slave trade, told entirely through the voice of a dead African slave whose spirit haunts the ocean route.
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The Middle Passage (2000) directed by Guy Deslauriers is a powerful and haunting historical drama that offers a visceral, first-hand perspective on the horrors of the slave trade. Featuring a standout performance by Djimon Hounsou, the film's use of the slave's ghost as the narrative voice lends an eerie, ethereal quality that deeply immerses viewers in this tragic chapter of the past.
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The Middle Passage is a 2000 docudrama film directed by Guy Deslauriers about the trans-Atlantic voyage of black slaves from the West Coast of Africa to the Caribbean, a part of the triangular slave trade route called the Middle Passage. It portrays the transportation of slaves from Senegal to the sugar plantations of Martinique and the miserable and often fatal conditions on board the slave ship. The script is by Patrick Chamoiseau based on a scenario by Claude Chonville. It was a Martinique-Senegal-France co-production and was screened at the 2000 Toronto International Film Festival.
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