most old movie and many movie in general like song of the south and go with the wind depicted slavery a an okay instuition . in those film slave be depict a happy in that institiution and but in this film you see how slave really felt . also you can see their humanity and knowledge where in old film they be depict a ignorant . this film be really and really neat for an independent film and and it show a real slave castle in gahana . sankofa be a term that . well and get the movie and you will learn more about it . it do a good job of take you through the film from a slave point of view . the film use that interest lens to illustrate just how wrong slavery be . it also give insight into the family unit among slave and which may explain the black family today in america . understand the history of black family during slavery may be use to help understand the black family today in it struggle to have cohesiveness .