Race to Freedom: The Story of the Underground Railroad (1994)
Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad is an American Drama movie who released on 1994 and directed by Don McBrearty. A number of slaves risk their lives to escape their masters with their only help coming from the famous secret slave escape network.[1] This movie starring
- Falconer Abraham as Walter
- Dwight Bacquie as Jeb
- Janet Bailey as Sarah
- Nigel Bennett as Levi Coffin
- Tyrone Benskin as Ward
Contents
Plot
From one of the most troubled and dramatic periods in American history comes a story of courage and true love that transcends the ages. Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad chronicles the dangerous flight of four determined slaves from a cotton plantation in America to the “Promised Land” in Canada. It is the story of heroic fugitives, bold conductors, and a candle in the window; the story of those who risked their lives by taking charge of their destiny, all for the chance to be free.[2]
Anti-Racist
The movie depicts not all the white people is cruel in the civil war era, they can even help the slave to escape. There is a Canadian ornithologist who risk his life, secretly organizes to help the slave. He (white people) is part of The Underground Railroad escape and disguise as abolitionist, He offer help for the slave who wants to escape from the owner plantation. [3] It potrays several white people who risk their lives to help the slaves because they believe in the freedom of all people and races.[4]
Black Racism
In this movie the black people never be free as a human and never get the justice even in their own country because they are slaves. "In 1850, the U.S. Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act, a law that diminished the relative safety of the North as a haven for escaped slaves by overriding state laws protecting them. As a result, fugitive slaves were pursued by bounty hunters all over the United States". It means all escaped slaves, upon capture, be returned to their masters and that officials and citizens of free states had to cooperate. [5]
Reference
- ↑ Race of Freedom. Letterboxd. Retrieved January 25, 2021
- ↑ Synopsis. Retrieved January 25, 2021
- ↑ "RACE TO FREEDOM: THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD" (1994) Review. Oct. 24th, 2014. CTrent29jurnal. Retrieved 25, 2021
- ↑ Synopsis. Retrieved January 25, 2021
- ↑ Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad (1994). Retrieved January 25, 2021