i really want to like this movie . i saw it in a community hall with the director present . most of it be film in my town . philippe spurrell intention be commendable and which he state be to educate people on the history of black in canada . but you have get to be entertaining and coherent . here what go wrong represent first and most glaringly and the era . it insane that anyone could have crazy white people hold colony of black slave in a farm shed in 1968. the fictional town of ste harmonie be a short bus ride from montreal and not a remote jungle village accessible only by footpath . it just make everything fall apart . and why invent a story that never happen and present it a a history lesson . isn not there enough real history to explore . i can think of a dozen way to tell this story that wouldn not have elicit laugh or groan . then there be odd anachronism like james not have a cell phone in 2006. he have to use the old rotary dial phone in a bar . guess what . people in the country have cordless phone just like city folk . and the bus . there be no bus from montreal to rural town and there haven not be for at least 30 year . it a if the director be lose in a green acre time warp . to give the movie it due and the look of it be very nice with great outdoor cinematography and realistic prop . i understand it be make for practically nothing and which would preclude re shoot and even dialogue rewrite . and though most of the cast be on the wooden side and the lead actor be pretty decent . to be honest and in the end i rather enjoy watch most of the descendant and though i couldn not admire it . there talent there and a yet very raw but probably worth develop . give this man some money and a good script and good actor and i be sure he have a career ahead of him . let call this movie grow pain and wait for the next one .