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The “Roots” remake is a reminder that yes, America needs more movies about slavery  qz.com

The Slave and the Sorcerer  Film Threat

The unseen side effects of slave films  The Berkeley Beacon

Film Commentary: A Contrarian View of "12 Years a Slave"  The Arts Fuse

12 Years a Slave Would Be One of the Strangest Best Picture Winners in a Long Time  Slate Magazine

Keke Palmer and Common Share Why 'Alice' Is No Slave Movie  EBONY Magazine

Emancipation: the true story behind Will Smith’s slavery drama  The Guardian

Slavery is a part of film history. So why is it so hard to make a good movie about it?  The Washington Post

AFI Movie Club: 12 YEARS A SLAVE  American Film Institute

Emancipation movie: The true story of 'Whipped Peter' in Will Smith's new film  BBC

'The Woman King' Rewrites History for a Feminist Twist on the Slave Trade  Reason Magazine

Sisterhood and Slavery in “The Woman King”  The New Yorker

'Slave Play' shocked and provoked. How the 'Slave Play' documentary on Max aims for the same  Los Angeles Times

‘West Indies’: The Slave Ship Musical You Didn’t Know Existed  The New York Times

Alice: Slave-to-Black-Panther in a Day, Nonsense with a Powerful Performance  Original Cin

‘Emancipation’ Review: Will Smith’s Unrelentingly Brutal Slave Epic Is a B Movie with Delusions of Grandeur  IndieWire

Q&A: Brenda Stevenson on the importance of the new film ‘12 Years a Slave’  Newsroom | UCLA

Slavery on film: What is Hollywood’s problem?  BBC

17 Movies & TV Shows That Educate About the History of American Slavery  SheKnows

George Washington Runaway Slave Movie in the Works  The Hollywood Reporter

Why I’m Ready for More Slavery Films  The Nation

Movie review: Powerful "12 Years a Slave" packs brutal emotional punch  Columbus Monthly

‘Antebellum’: Film Review  The Hollywood Reporter

‘Antebellum’ falls far short as slavery horror film  Boston Herald

MOVIE REVIEW: 12 Years a Slave  Fox 59

Descendant review – powerful Netflix documentary on the legacy of slavery  The Guardian

‘Alice’ Review: A Plantation Slave Escapes Into 1970s America in a Rousing, Empowering Fable  Variety

‘Birth of a Nation’: The Slave-Revolt Movie That Will Have Sundance Talking  The Hollywood Reporter