Sentences with phrase «head house slave»
Leonardo DiCaprio is also set to star as villain Calvin Candie, while Samuel L. Jackson is signed on to play Candie's head house slave Stephen.
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It's Samuel L. Jackson who really shines, because his layered performance as the head house slave comments on an entire history of actors playing Uncle Tom.
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To review: In their letters to the early church, the apostles Peter and Paul include what you might call a Christian remix of the traditional Greco - Roman household codes, which detailed the responsibilities of a male head - of - house, his wives, slaves, and adult children (see Ephesians 5, Colossians 3, and 1 Peter 3).
A family in that day might very well include multiple wives, with the male head - of - house free to force slaves to satisfy him sexually as well.
Trouble comes when he uncovers a scheme to fake old people's death and actually send them away to be slaves at a small farm house, owned by the mother of Neil King (Owen Wilson), the head nurse and a supreme sleaze bag.
The firm was instructed by the joint CEOs of the newly launched business, House Productions — Tessa Ross, former head of Film4 and executive producer on films such as Slumdog Millionaire, 12 Years a Slave and Carol; and Juliette Howell, who was previously at Working Title.