Sentences with phrase «fellow slaves»

Go through levels solving puzzles and saving fellow slaves.

Beginning in 1858 somewhere in Texas, the film introduces us to Django (played by Jamie Foxx) while he's still un-unchained, trudging with a group of fellow slaves through the woods after being purchased at auction.

Sarah Paulson plays Epps» wife, with fellow slaves played by Beasts Of The Southern Wild's Dwight Henry and newcomer Lupita Nyongo.

For instance, there's a scene where Professor Tolson (Denzel Washington) attempts instill some self respect in his pupils by quoting from Willie Lynch's 1712 speech supposedly delivered to fellow slave owners about how to mold and control the minds of their slaves.

You still need to be in a cinema or watching a home cinema's large screen to register all the details of the horrifying scene in which Chiwetel Ejiofor's Solomon is choking in a noose, his feet barely touching the ground, as fellow slaves go about their business, children play games and captors watch from a distance.

Northup fakes illiteracy as he and fellow slave Patsey (Lupita Nyong «o) are whipped and tortured at the hands of Epps and his wife, Mary (Sarah Paulson).

Moments later we watch as the film's protagonist, Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), lies awake in a bunkhouse surrounded by fellow slaves.

The most interesting element early - on is the relationship between Nat and fellow slave Cherry (Aja Naomi King).

Seidel cites a passage from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave in which Douglass recalls the impact of hearing fellow slaves singing in the middle of the night.

He learns of a man named Bogard and the Knights of Gemma who must act to stop Dark Lord from fellow slave dying in his arms, Willy.

Shown supine on the hard, wooden surfaces sleeping with fellow slaves, Platt is awakened by a young woman who forces his hand on her breast and pushes it down her body so that he will finger her.

There's a strong cast of supporting players, including Aja Naomi King (How to Get Away with Murder), Roger Guenveur Smith (Dope), Gabrielle Union (Think Like a Man Too) and Chiké Okonkwo (Paradox), among others, as fellow slaves; Jackie Earle Haley (Preacher) as a wicked slave hunter; and Mark Boone Junior (Sons of Anarchy) as a white minister who views Nat as an especial existential threat.

And, after Nat's wife is attacked, his control erupts: With a group of fellow slaves, he incites a bloody uprising, determined to kill «the root, not the branch.»

Solomon and fellow slave Patsey (Nyong» o) spend the majority of their time under the cruel and vicious hands of Epps and his mistress (Paulson).

For instance, it is used in the parable of the unforgiving servant, who won't forgive his fellow slave a debt, and therefore the king won't forgive his debt and hands him over to be tortured until it's paid.

Jesus points them back to the «children,» the «little ones,» «the one that went astray,» «the one not listened to» and «the fellow slave.»

... Should you not have had mercy on your fellow slave, as I had mercy on you?»

He in turn is helped in his search for his lost, humiliated wife and fellow slave, Broomhilda (Kerry Washington).

In making one of the film's chief villains a fellow slave, Tarantino is trying to be the ain't - I - cool, equal - opportunity exploitationist that he typically is, but in this context, in this style, from this filmmaker, it doesn't sit well.

He's well supported by Michael Fassbender's and Benedict Cumberbatch's very different slave owners, the heartbreaking Lupita Nyong» o as a fellow slave, and Brad Pitt in a key cameo.

At one point, Northrup desperately needs the assistance of anyone, and his fellow slaves ignore him.

Soon he is leading his fellow slaves in worship.

Parker delivers an Oscar - caliber performance as Nat Turner, a black preacher in the antebellum South who led an uprising of his fellow slaves three decades prior to the Civil War.

The 31 - year - old Kenyan's searing performance as Patsey, Solomon's fellow slave, was her first ever film role.

«The Birth of a Nation» Cast: Nate Parker, Armie Hammer, Mark Boone Junior, Gabrielle Union Director: Nate Parker Release Date: Oct. 7 What it's about: Parker stars as the 19th - century slave Nat Turner, who was taught to read the Bible to preach to fellow slaves but wound up leading a famous rebellion in 1831.

The first half of the movie is strongly reminiscent of Russell Crowe's Gladiator, as Milo and fellow slave - fighter Atticus (Adewale Akinnuoye - Agbaje) grow from mortal enemies into unlikely allies, plotting to take down the sneering Roman senator Corvus (Kiefer Sutherland, in a so - bad - it's - good performance).

As he witnesses countless atrocities - against himself and his fellow slaves - Nat orchestrates an uprising in the hopes of leading his people to freedom.

The rebellion began in the late hours of August 21 when Turner and his fellow slaves murdered their master, Benjamin Travis and his family.

The uncertainty of how one would be treated by a white owner, coupled with the uncertainty of not being able to trust some of your fellow slaves was well conveyed by the author.

Presumably it will follow his journey to free his fellow slaves, although for all I know it could tell the exciting tale of how he beat that guy at poker once.

At the age of 18, Chicken George meets a fellow slave named Matilda.