Django é um escravo negro alforriado que, sob a tutela de um caçador de recompensas alemão, se torna num mercenário e parte para encontrar e libertar a sua esposa, ainda escrava, das garras de Calvin Candie, um inescrupuloso proprietário de uma plantação no Mississíppi onde escravas são negociadas como objetos sexuais e escravos são colocados para lutar até à morte.

A extraordinária história de Agojie, a unidade de guerreiras amazonas que protegeu o reino africano de Daomé no início do século XIX com uma capacidade de uma ferocidade diferente de tudo o que o mundo já viu. Inspirado em factos reais, "A Mulher Rei" relata a jornada épica da General Nanisca enquanto treina a próxima geração de recrutas e as prepara para a batalha contra um inimigo determinado a destruir o seu modo de vida. Há coisas pelas quais vale a pena lutar...

Um jovem, no período Ayutthaya, cresce entre os aldeões que preservam o legado da tradicional dança mascarada Khon. Ele se torna um paria quando considera que seu grupo não segue as tradições de seus antepassados. Mas, seguindo o conselho de um misterioso guru, ele começa a desenvolver um novo estilo de luta que mistura a força das artes marciais com a elegância da dança Khon.

Em pleno século XVIII, William Wilberforce, membro parlamentar do poderoso Império Britânico, luta por uma reforma social na Europa. Para dar dignidade aos imigrantes africanos que vivem como escravos, Wilberforce enfrenta a aristocracia e os preconceitos da época. Apesar das suas proezas políticas, Wilberforce vê-se dividido entre a sua carreira de sucesso em ascensão e o desejo de desistir de tudo por uma vida de espiritualidade. Inspirado pela charmosa Barbara Spooner, pelo Primeiro-Ministro William Pitt, que lhe confiou a tarefa de abolir a escravatura, pelo seu mentor, John Newton, um antigo traficante de escravos convertido à Igreja, e por Olaudah Equiano, um antigo escravo que se tornou escritor, Wilberforce vai reunir todas as sua forças e ideias para alcançar a vitória na cruzada pela justiça.

A fearsome 19th century bandit, Cobra Verde cuts a swath through Brazil until he arrives at the sugar plantation of Don Octávio Countinho. Not knowing that his new guest is the notorious bandit and impressed by his ruthless ways, Don Octávio hires Cobra Verde to oversee his slaves. But when Cobra Verde impregnates Don Octávio’s three daughters, the incensed plantation owner exiles the outlaw to Africa where he is expected to reopen the slave trade. Following his trans-Atlantic journey, Cobra Verde exploits tribal conflicts to commandeer an abandoned fortress and whips an army of naked warriors into a frenzied bloodlust as he vies for survival.

Living in Kentucky prior to the Civil War, Amantha Starr is a privileged young woman. Her widowed father, a wealthy plantation owner, dotes on her and sends her to the best schools. When he dies suddenly Amantha's world is turned upside down. She learns that her father had been living on borrowed money and that her mother was actually a slave and her father's mistress.

Após se revoltarem e controlarem o navio onde seguiam, um grupo de escravos africanos foi capturado pela Marinha Americana e levado para os EUA. Ali, vai desenrolar-se uma intrincada batalha jurídica sobre a sua posse, disputada pelos donos do navio, pelo comandante do navio americano e pelo Reino de Espanha. Caberá a um só homem a tarefa de provar ao júri que seres humanos não têm dono.

David Moore is in East Africa to get to his employer's railway construction site. He's accompanied by the owner's son Brian and they've lined up Jack Cuortemayn, reputedly the best guide available, to take them there. Cuortemayn refuses as he doesn't care for the impact the railroad will have on the local inhabitants. While Moore tries to make other arrangements, he meets Ruth Knight who has lived there for many years working with her father in a medical clinic. There will be adventures along the way but when Ruth is captured by slave traders, it's up to the others to rescue her.

This is based on a true story. Solomon Northrop is a black man in the mid 19th century before slavery was abolished. He's a born free man who works as a carpenter and is also a part time musician. One day he is approached by some men who want him to play for them. However, that is not their intention; they have kidnapped him and sold him into slavery. Now he has to endure the hardships that he has been spared because of his status as a free man. And his family who don't know what happened to him is searching for him but where do they go? And Solomon also wishes to let them know where he is so that they could get him but unfortunately no one believes his story or is willing to help him.

Ulric's daughter unites with warrior Thane against evil Lord Khoura, who covets the knife of Aktar.

John Zinga, a descendent of slaves, has an ancient medallion around his neck and a fragment of song passed down generations. He is an English dockworker with a magnificent voice and a yearning to learn his roots.

A team of journalists investigate how human trafficking and child labor in the Ivory Coast fuels the worldwide chocolate industry. The crew interview both proponents and opponents of these alleged practices, and use hidden camera techniques to delve into the gritty world of cocoa plantations.

Innocent girls are lured to Hong Kong and trapped in a prostitution ring.

Adventurers, explorers and conquerors: the Vikings are considered the greatest heroes of the Middle Ages. Is this interpretation justified? In fact, they left a far darker and lesser-known mark on history: they were ruthless slavers, human traffickers and hostage-takers. „Victims of the Vikings“ is the first TV documentary to investigate this infamous and often horrifying aspect of the Nordic warriors.

It is quickly becoming the most populated country in the world, but India holds a dark secret. Men and women who make their homes in the poor villages throughout the central region of the country are forced to make decisions that no parents should ever have to make. Sell a child into slavery or watch your children starve to death.

Travel across four continents, through 19 countries, and into dingy Cambodian karaoke bars, Amsterdam’s infamous red-light district, Moldovan orphanages, legal Nevada brothels, and the street corners and alleyways of metropolises worldwide for more than a glance at the fastest-growing organized crime industry in the world with the groundbreaking, tell-all Nefarious: Merchant of Souls.

A surreal post-apocalyptic drama by Patrick Kennelly inspired by the clipping. album “Splendor & Misery”

Emily’s boyfriend has turned into a zombie overnight. She has successfully tied him to the bed frame with a phone charger, but not before he was able to bite her. With nothing to aid her other than a phone and a musical keyboard, a weak and tired Emily must figure out how to prevent herself becoming a zombie before it’s too late.

THE LANGUAGE YOU CRY IN tells an amazing scholarly detective story that searches for -and finds- meaningful links between African Americans and their ancestral past. It bridges hundreds of years and thousands of miles from the Gullah people of present-day Georgia back to 18th century Sierra Leone.

A descendant of the largest slave-trading family in U.S. history, filmmaker Katrina Browne explores the contemporary legacy of slavery by traveling with fellow descendents from Rhode Island to Ghana and Cuba, retracing the Triangle Trade route. Along the way, Browne and her companions meet with similarly interested travelers and discover the considerable importance slavery once had for Northern commerce.