my family go back to new orleans late 1600 early 1700 and in watch the movie i know it be a history my grand parent never talk about and but we know it exist . i have cousin obviously black aka african american and others who can pass a white and choose not to . it a hard history to watch when you realize that it your family theyre talk about and that cane river be all a part of that history . it make me want to cry and it make me want to kick the arse of my great grandfather who own those plantation and wonder in awe of how my great grandmother of african heritage live under that oppressive and yet aristocratic existence . and at the same time have i not come out of that history and i probably wouldn not be the successful business woman i be today live successfully in a fairly integrated world . the acting be both excellent and fair depend upon the actor and but it be a movie that need to be make . anne rice be incredible and i ask myself and why be she ymbolically write about my family and i be not . i recommend this movie to everyone . leza .