I Am Slave (2010)
Based on the real-life experiences of Mende Nazer, the story unfolds as twelve-year-old Malia, daughter of champion wrestler Bah, is abducted from her Sudanese village in the Nubar Mountains by pro-government Arab militia and sold into slavery to a woman in Khartoum, who beats her for touching her daughter. After six years she is sent to London, where her name is changed, but her miserable life of servitude continues. Her passport is taken and she is told that her father will die if she goes to the authorities. Fortunately she meets a sympathetic person who seems to offer her the hope of escape and reunion with Bah ,back in Sudan. For all the film's optimism an end title states that there are around 5,000 'slave' workers currently in Britain.
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The Age of Commercialism
Admirable film.
Wow! What a bizarre film! Unfortunately the few funny moments there were were quite overshadowed by it's completely weird and random vibe throughout.
The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.
All I really want to say is this. You two ignorant, uninformed, and truly sad individuals, need some education. I guess, I have to feel sorry for what you both must have gone through in your childhoods. If you think what happened to that beautiful young girl while she was so innocently playing with other children was a spanking! She was clearly Beaten! With a garden hose. This is a very sad story of a slave!No More!
I actually agree with Demetrius. This is less about slavery, and more about kidnap and then release to a bullying family who she simply walked away from. Of course it will come under a broad definition of slavery, but if it wasn't for the kidnap at the beginning, it would simply be living with some harsh bullies. not a nice thing to happen of course, but not quite slavery. However it does capture the emotions very well, the father plays an excellent part. As a father I fully understand his wish to regain his daughter, but not how he could abandon his wife for years while he searches, that part makes no sense. Comments by xjvttucr have been reported as baseless racism, which is what they are.
I can't believe some reviews...I would love to see that demetrius guy separated from his family, when all his friends will brutally killed, when he can't sure that his family are alive or dead, when he is just 12 years old, and send to some foreign country, lock in the house and do nothing but hard work and with constant insult and abuse, never talk anyone. And then after 6 or 7 seven years of that, come here and review this film again.This film is not perfect, not show all horrible things happen that poor slaves but good enough to feel guilty for what happened to them. (Sorry my English is not good)
I gave this movie a 3 for two reasons. One is because I liked the Africa scenes, and the other because the lead actress was quite good. Other than these two things, the movie has little to offer. From the title I would expect to see a girl getting kidnapped, and then going through some terrible situations. Instead, I saw her being spanked once because she played with the Master's kids, and then being sent to live in London like a housewife. Oh yes, once they locked her inside her room for punishment, so after all these hardships, one night, she decided to punch in the alarm code, open the door, and leave the house for good. OK, I do not say that the living conditions were nice, but it is not worst than the living conditions of thousands of Europeans nowadays. The word Slave suggests a huge amount of mistreatment. Verbal abuse. Physical abuse. Rape. We see the minimal amount of all these here. The title would be more accurate if it were "I was kidnapped and forced to be a Nanny". Anyways, this movie is OK to watch, but if you missed don't worry about it...