When Sediqbale was released, many people said it was too brutal and bloody, and openly advocated violent resistance and racial vengeance, which is not the mainstream value. But after all, the film is so wonderful, and the revenge of blood relatives is also very pleasant, so there is no particular criticism.
The same is true for the birth of a country. Christianity teaches people to be patient, obedient, and tolerant, but the kind heart of the black pastor has been eroded little by little. The only way he found to be rescued was violent revenge. Just like a farmer in China, he doesn't know much about negotiations or agreements. There is only one way to oppose the emperor, uprising. It was the same in the American South at that time. You could not talk to the Southern aristocracy about improving slave treatment and improving the living standards of slaves. The only reasonable way was violent uprising.
At that time, from the perspective of modern people, violence was not good after all, it had to have a good name. This is also the difference between Sediqbale and the birth of a country. The former is to return to the barbaric life, while the latter is for human dignity. The director (although there was a scandal, but he was not sentenced after all, so public opinion shouldn’t be so disregarded of the law!) Very wonderfully showed the inner transformation of the black slave priest, the suffering and sorrow he experienced, and the white people in it were also described in comics. He has a good master, but in the end he could not resist the pressure of the white society and let his black slaves suffer.
Negroes are the thorn in the flesh of American society. There is no problem to talk about this topic. Every year, there are several movies about the suffering history of black slaves, twelve years of slavery, car crashes, such and such events, etc. The gap between black and white really cannot be bridged. But this movie is not just a black movie. Everyone who desires freedom and pursues dignity will be moved.
This is the greatness of American cinema, the universal value of freedom and human dignity, if the film does it, it will be enough.
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