HST 119 Lecture : HST119 Slavery and the Slave Trade
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Hst 119: lecture iv- slavery and the slave trade. Character of the "slaver trader"- rodrigo mendoza- the mission. The last supper (1976) late 18th century cuba dir. Based on the sugarmill,1964, by historian morena fraginals, who uncovered historical documentation. Period in the 1960s and 1970s when individual european filmmakers emerged to stamp their individual vision in their films. Each filmmaker would be associated with very obvious tropes. The oppression of the slave served as a symbol of human oppression in the environment of the 60s & 70s, the civil rights movements. In the film, the count de casa bayona invites 12 slaves to dinner. Takes place in 1789, the year of the french revolution. Refers to: the last supper of jesus christ & the apostles. & maundy thursday - holy day on the thursday before easter. Christian rhetoric vs. african slave experience and attitude. Byzantine empire (se europe and the middle east, ca.