Movie

Mandingo

1975 · 127 min

A lurid, unflinching melodrama that confronts the brutality of slavery with shocking cruelty and raw emotion.

Tagline: Expect The Savage. The Sensual. The Shocking. The Sad. The Powerful. The Shameful. Expect The Truth.
Overview: Warren Maxwell, the owner of a run-down plantation, pressures his son, Hammond, to marry and produce an heir to inherit the plantation. Hammond settles on his own cousin, Blanche, but purchases a sex slave when he returns from the honeymoon. He also buys his father a new Mandingo slave named Mede to breed and train as a prize-fighter.
How it feels: Dark, melancholic, tense and campy. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Race, power, violence, betrayal
Content: Strong violence and sexual content. Mild gore and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: race
power
violence
betrayal
corruption
Places: single country house
countryside
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex strong