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Two documentary filmmakers go back in time to the pre-Civil War American South, to film the slave trade.Two documentary filmmakers go back in time to the pre-Civil War American South, to film the slave trade.Two documentary filmmakers go back in time to the pre-Civil War American South, to film the slave trade.
Stefano Sibaldi
- Narrator
- (voice)
Dick Gregory
- Self
- (uncredited)
Gualtiero Jacopetti
- Self
- (uncredited)
Ernest Kubler
- Whip
- (uncredited)
Franco Prosperi
- Self
- (uncredited)
Shelley Spurlock
- Girl
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThe movie was originally released in Italy in a 119-minute version and immediately withdrawn when the directors were sued for plagiarism by writer Joseph Chamberlain Furnas. It was re-released in March 1972 in a re-cut 136-minute version under the title 'Zio Tom.'
- Crazy credits'Questo film è un documentario. I fatti sono storicamente avvenuti ed i personaggi sono realmente esistiti.' Which translates to: 'This film is a documentary. The facts historically happened and the persons really existed.'
- Alternate versionsBefore receiving a UK cinema certificate in 1973 the film was extensively cut by around 30 minutes by the BBFC with heavy edits to rape scenes, footage of sexual experiments, graphic violence, the fantasy murder sequence, and the opening scenes on the slave ship.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Adam & Yves (1974)
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Makes "The Passion of The Christ" seem like Romper Room
Anyone thinking of checking this film out: be warned, words can not express what an awesomely brutal experience it is to sit through. I'm a big fan of horror films, but nothing I ever saw came close to the feeling of revulsion this 30 plus year old film gave me. Trust me, you will have to use the fast forward button on your remote control several times sitting through this one.
A group of Italian journalists goes back in time to America during the time of slavery and documents what they see. The viewer is spared no amount of detail as we are shown what it was like to travel aboard a slave ship, be sold in market as common livestock, be raped, tortured hunted and killed, and basically denied even the slightest bit of human empathy or compassion at every turn.
While Roots covered the same subject matter a whole lot better, it came nowhere near delivering the visceral reaction of this film. For that reason, I recommend people watch Goodbye Uncle Tom. While by no means a great film, if society is truly never to forget the injustices and wrongs of the past, work like this is necessary viewing.
A group of Italian journalists goes back in time to America during the time of slavery and documents what they see. The viewer is spared no amount of detail as we are shown what it was like to travel aboard a slave ship, be sold in market as common livestock, be raped, tortured hunted and killed, and basically denied even the slightest bit of human empathy or compassion at every turn.
While Roots covered the same subject matter a whole lot better, it came nowhere near delivering the visceral reaction of this film. For that reason, I recommend people watch Goodbye Uncle Tom. While by no means a great film, if society is truly never to forget the injustices and wrongs of the past, work like this is necessary viewing.
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- Jul 11, 2004
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- Also known as
- White Devil: Black Hell
- Filming locations
- Port-au-Prince, Haiti(Majority of interiors and exteriors)
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- Runtime2 hours 3 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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