CA2 – ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’
Iliana Put
What is the film about?
The film is about a black person suffering slavery in the American state, Kentucky. Together
with other black people he lives and works on the plantation of friendly Mr. Shelby. The story
starts when Mr. Shelby needs to sell a few of his slaves because he has debts and so Tom and
another child are sold. The child and his mother flee but Tom doesn’t resist. Finally after a lot of
sales Tom ends up w