English actress Fanny Kemble, poet and author of Diary is little known in Russia. Fanny (Francis' full name) was born into a well-known acting family and followed in her parents' footsteps. Even in her youth, she gained fame in the plays of Shakespeare, Sheridan. Fanny's career would have grown and grown over the years, but as in the notorious novel, the actress fell in love with a man. For the sake of her American husband, Fanny left the theater, preparing to become the most beautiful wife.
So melodic, romantic and even tragic began the biography of Fanny Kemble. But more than once the elders swear, first get to know the person, and then marry him. Charming handsome and loving Butler turned out to be a cruel slave owner. Film: "Slavery: The True Story of Fanny Kimble tells the story of a brief period when Fanny was married to Pierce Butler. Her acquaintance with slavery began with her arrival in Georgia, where her husband inherited a large plantation from a deceased relative. How little stupid girl Fanny looks around and begins to realize what kind of man her husband really is.
I don't know how true the film is. For sure, the real Fanny did not cover her body with the slave she was executing, and in response, Pierce beat her with this slave. I don't believe that before coming to Georgia, Fanny didn't see slaves, and she didn't know how her husband might treat them. Pierce, before his successful inheritance, was a rich man, a typical southerner. And these people, even if they live in Philadelphia, must have people who serve them every day. Free servants or slaves brought with her - Fanny had to see her husband treat the inferior. During this time, according to the idea, she and Pierce in Philadelphia could get on the road at least a Negro (whether slave or free), contempt for which Pierce did not hide.
Most likely, these moments are not the director’s fault. Perhaps the real Fanny lived with pink glasses in her eyes for a long time. The film clearly shows how naive and stupid the heroine was for a long time. Her help to the slaves turned into a disservice from which they only suffered. Not to argue with your husband, not to intercede, not to help ... Fanny traveled a long inner journey before she began to help people not with words, but with deeds. The scene in which Fanny covers a slave is the most poignant and powerful. It shows all the courage and courage that the heroine has acquired.
If you break Fanny, then you can find more positive moments in this film. The film perfectly conveys the horrors of slavery that reigned in the southern states of America. Not an ounce of political correctness! No exaggeration, no false scenes. Negro slaves were not made heroes. He who deserves respect deserves it, and others deserve it. Some unquestioningly obey the master, the second beat their comrades with a whip without a drop of pity on their face. But there are others, like Joe and his wife, who try to murmur, run away, fight for freedom, have the strength to protect Fanny in front of Pierce's master. The slaves of this film are indeed people of their time. It sounds crazy when Negro Joe, the most courageous and intelligent man on the plantation, says, "She's lying - she says blacks are no different from whites." But that's how it was then.
10 out of 10