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The class struggle pure: black slaves against their white oppressors – and the audience is expected to show solidarity. The inner logic of the plot anticipates the propagandist appeal at the end: the oppressed should seek international solidarity; indeed, it would be best if they called on the Comintern for help immediately. A well-intentioned mixture of cartoon-film elements and conformist propaganda.
The film is an impressive example of how the highly unconventional Mezhrabpom-Studio sought to make good films, on the one hand, while being forced to comply with the demands of the state, on the other.
(Berlinale)
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Not very mature in animation and somewhat muddled in thought (at least from the sequence of unrelated black and white images, the central idea is somewhat lost), it’s a reflection on how black brothers across the sea are suffering under the whip of American slave traders and defiance can lead to the electric chair.
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