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Goodbye Uncle Tom

1971 · 123 min

A harrowing, unflinching descent into historical atrocity, staged with documentary detachment that makes the cruelty almost unbearable to witness.

Tagline: 300 years of hate explode today!
Overview: Two documentary filmmakers go back in time to the pre-Civil War American South, to film the slave trade.
How it feels: Bleak, dark, satirical and cynical. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Race, violence, power, corruption
Content: Strong violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 3 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: race
violence
power
corruption
guilt
Places: countryside
road trip
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: mockumentary
true story
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex strong