I'm giving this three stars only because other viewers appreciated it. That gives it has some merit.
The slave ship is a tremendously sanitized version of what conditions must have been like. I doubt there were any wrappings of slave corpses before tossing them overboard. I doubt any sons or daughters would have been allowed to watch any last rites, such as they were. A more accurate version would probably be unwatchable.
I kept checking the accuracy of the music to verify my hunch that some of the songs were not written during this era. I know slaves were sustained by faith, but the grandmother seemed overly pious during what must have been a heart-stopping escape. The entire movie was just not very believable.
The slave ship is a tremendously sanitized version of what conditions must have been like. I doubt there were any wrappings of slave corpses before tossing them overboard. I doubt any sons or daughters would have been allowed to watch any last rites, such as they were. A more accurate version would probably be unwatchable.
I kept checking the accuracy of the music to verify my hunch that some of the songs were not written during this era. I know slaves were sustained by faith, but the grandmother seemed overly pious during what must have been a heart-stopping escape. The entire movie was just not very believable.