 | Baptism
 | Cinque sinks into the water, appears dead, surfaces
again. (DVD ch 3) |
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| Bible
| Bibles on the slave
ship. Yamba learns the Bible story. (DVD ch 13) |
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| Clean/Unclean
| Attitudes about the
"uncleanliness" of black people/non-Christians make the
institution of slavery seem positive - good Christian people enslave
them in order to bring them to Christ. |
| Because Cinque is black, he is imprisoned. If he
were white, he'd be called a hero for the same actions. (DVD ch 21) |
|
| Confrontation with
Evil |
| Determination,
Overcoming Obstacles
| Cinque uses a nail to free himself
from his bonds. (see review at Hollywood Jesus) |
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| Freedom/Liberation
| "GIVE US FREE!" (DVD ch 13) |
| Cinque uses a nail to free himself
from his bonds. (see review at Hollywood
Jesus) |
| "The natural state of man is freedom. He will
try and try and try to get home." (DVD ch 21) |
|
| Garden of Eden
| Cinque pulled from Paradise. |
|
| Home
| "The natural state of man is freedom. He will
try and try and try to get home." (DVD ch 21) |
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| Identity
| "What is their story? What is your story? You
know what they are. Do you know who they are?"
(DVD ch 9) |
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| Individuality/Honor/Integrity
| "We have avoided calling upon our ancestors
perhaps because we fear that our individuality is not our own. Who
we are is who we were." (DVD ch 21) |
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| Institutional Evil
| slavery/slave trade
in U.S. history |
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| Justice
| Is justice
accomplished when the judge proclaims freedom for the Africans? |
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| Martyrdom/Persecution
| "They'd be more useful to our cause in death
than in life." (DVD ch 16) |
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| "Possession"
by Evil
| The Africans are
captured and "possessed"/colonized by others who attempt
to strip them of their humanity. |
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| Sacrifice
| The judge is willing
to sacrifice his position by freeing the Africans |
|
| Seeing/Seeing
Differently
| After Yamba learns
the story of Jesus, he sees crosses everywhere. (see review at Hollywood
Jesus) |
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| Vengeance
| When he is freed, Cinque attacks
those who have enslaved him on the ship. |
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