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Tag: freedom

Posted on December 28, 2013December 30, 2013

Mandela: The Long Walk to Freedom (2013)

The new film about Nelson Mandela is a 4-star success because of Idris Elba’s performance. Click the title of the film, here, to read my entire review.

Posted on November 30, 2013February 1, 2023

AMISTAD (1997)

The story of how abolitionists brought about the freeing of captive Africans who revolted against their captors on the ship ironically named Amistad.

Posted on November 30, 2013June 14, 2015

Gandhi (1982)

Gandhi is the story of how India’s great leader forged a nonviolent revolution that led to India’s freedom from British rule.

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