The man who would come to be known as “Whipped Peter,” spoke little English and answered in French — the language spoken by thousands of enslaved Africans in Louisiana and Mississippi. He told them an overseer had whipped him with a leather strap just before Christmas in 1862. To deepen the pain, the White man had poured salt into Peter’s open wounds.
The story of “Whipped Peter” is captured in the new film “Emancipation,” starring Will Smith. The film was inspired by the 1863 photos of Peter, which were taken during that medical examination at the Union Army camp.The drama, which debuted in theaters Dec. 2 and released internationally on Apple TV Dec. 9, follows Peter’s escape from slavery and his relentless quest for freedom.
There can never be too many movies, documentaries or films showing the barbaric truth of slavery, a subject White-supremacists have tried to wash out of history.Only now, are some people learning about the true horrors of what happened. So much was hidden in attics, buried in swamps and mass graves. White historians covered up and distorted the narrative while building monuments to Confederate soldiers.
Movies like “Emancipation” give audiences an opportunity to encounter astounding details of enslavement, raising the perpetual question: What kind of people would do this to other human beings?These films help peel back the truth buried in history. They need to be seen by audiences far and wide. In the darkness of the screening, I scribbled notes. I stilled myself knowing the scenes were hard to watch, but told myself, “The pain I feel watching the pain on the screen is nothing compared to the brutality my enslaved ancestors endured.”I cheered when Will Smith’s character said: “I fight them. They beat me. They whip me. They break the bones in my bodies more times than I can count. But they never, never break me.
I won't watch ANYTHING this Fool is in. Ever.
I won’t watch it just because Will Smith is in it. He is joke.
Better actor stars in better made movie about slavery (12 Years A Slave). Will Smith embarks on Oscar dry hump.
Smith makes the movie not worth watching. The man should be in jail for assault.
Propaganda.
You mean the slave held by Democrats escaped to be freed by Republicans? 300,000 Union troops died to stop the Democrats from owning slaves
🖕🏻will!
How come nobody has ever done a slave movie about the black African kings capturing and selling Africans? That was the first step in the slave process, white people weren't landing in Africa and running through the jungle rounding up black people.
The Southern slave states that started the civil war were all run by Democrats! Fact check! The Democrats started the KKK, Jim Crow laws and segregation! Democrats in Congress voted against the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments! Fact check it!
Nobody is gonna watch this shit. Can't support Will Smith after the Oscars attack
Thank God Republicans stepped up and put an end to the Democrats love of slavery.
Hey… That’s the guy who slapped Chris Rock.
Thank God for white people 😂
The Portuguese invented the Atlantic slave trade, and the English abolished it. Indeed, Britain has taken more practical steps towards the elimination of the slave trade, and with far more honest application, than any other nation in the long history of the entire world. ✔
Will Smith and all of Hollywood is trash
Mmm more pandering and virtue signaling….oh joy
Vajihe Pari Zanganeh, an Iranian illustrator,is sentenced to 6 years in prison.She was accused for sewing what Khamenei had told before he became the Leader:'You should cry over the Islamic society as even the possibility of the leadership of someone like me is raised in it.'
I hope he didn't slap his colleagues too much
Never heard of this movie. It may be interesting but i have feeling it's going to be woke as hell I want to see a movie about Anthony Johnson, the black farm owner in the early 1600's who owned black slaves. Another great story is Robert Smalls. Great story! Go read about him
That’s one way to get back in the hood graces of the left. Do a period piece in slavery
Remeber when he slapped another man on public television and then was applauded with a standing ovation from his peers who claim words are violence? I do.
Will smith = hard pass
Black African kings SOLD Black people into slavery LONG BEFORE there was a Revolution Resulting in the United States of America! ROOT CAUSES!
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