Uncle Tom's Cabin 1976

Before "MANDINGO" and "DRUM" there was UNCLE TOM'S CABIN. The REAL story of how it all happened — the SLAVES, the MASTERS, the LOVERS!

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6.2 / 10   9 vote(s)
R
Drama

A sadistic plantation owner pushes his slaves to the point of rebellion.

Release Date 1976-03-11
Runtime 1h 30m
Director Al Adamson
Producer
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I enjoyed this one way more than I expected. It's a somewhat better German drama that was the basis for this cut-and-paste exploitation job, but it actually works really well. It might be one of the most interesting cut-and-paste movies I've seen even. It's a well done adaptation of Uncle Tom's Cabin, but Adamson adds in some gritty rape, torture, and interracial sex. The new footage is almost a reaction against the original movie, showing the really really ugly side of slavery, and making the explicit interracial relationship the most normal one in the movie. He also puts a huge FU towards the original with the new ending. After Tom dies and forgives the slavers for a good Christian forgiveness narative, Adamson says fuck that and ends things with a lynching of the rapists slavers. It's kind of awesome in it's mean spiritedness and anger.

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