Representations of slaves in films appeared in American movies from the beginning of the century. Within the cinematic discourse of slavery, I decided to concentrate exclusively on representations of slaves and people of colour in Hollywood cinema, beginning with W.H. Griffith's Birth of a Nation (1915), which represents for many one of the peaks of stereotypical depictions of slaves and African Americans in cinema. It is also important to discuss representations of slaves in non-Hollywood films, however, this area has not been researched to the extent as to which slavery representations in...
Representations of slaves in films appeared in American movies from the beginning of the century. Within the cinematic discourse of slavery, I decided...
