jealousy   kidnapping   marriage   sweat   father son relationship   hotel   1950s   blood   bare chested male   male nudity   1980s   u.s. president   breaking and entering   whipping   infidelity   ku klux klan   racism   african american   1960s   kidnapped man   prejudice   melancholy   forced to strip   19th century   humiliation   sexual abuse   based on true story   woman crying   loss of identity   interracial romance   male frontal nudity   hanging   no title at beginning   new york   slave   bible quote   n word   multiple time frames   grief   injustice   1840s   washington d.c.   apartheid   tuxedo   whip   death of wife   film starts with sex   hairy chest   white house   slavery   white gloves   vietnam war   interracial marriage   louisiana   protest   man crying   civil rights   separation from family   black panther party   kennedy assassination   drinking problem   canadian expatriate   casual sex   slave labor   rochester new york   unmailed letter   fiddle   family reunion   human trafficking   social injustice   chains   cotton picking   cotton   whipping scars   reference to barack obama   activism   writing a letter   time in title   bar of soap   domestic servant   slave trade   birmingham alabama   interracial rape   master slave relationship   military funeral   civil rights movement   plantation   year in title   2008 presidential election   based on newspaper article   cotton plantation   estranged son   freedom bus   freedom rider   nashville tennessee   sit in   student activist   selma alabama   reference to malcolm x   abolitionist   bound and whipped   confirming identity   cotton field   cutting wood   escape from slavery   human dignity   jealous wife   mother child separation   saratoga new york   slave owner   slave ship   sold into slavery   flogging scar   funeral   number in title   1970s   butler   riot   voice over narration   crying woman   rape   male rear nudity   male full frontal nudity   unfaithful husband   crying man   sex scene   undressing   torture   burning a letter   human rights   two word title   no opening credits   death of father   physical abuse   prison