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Slavers

1978, Movie, R, 102 mins

Slavers: Review

Produced after the TV miniseries Roots stirred up widespread interest in the history of slavery, this exploitation picture — whose incendiary trailer was once dubbed a "race riot in a can" — takes a surprisingly sober approach to the horrors of the slave trade. German aristocrat Max von Erken (director Jurgen Goslar) is exiled after he kills his politically connected opponent in a duel, and flees to East Africa with his beautiful wife, Anna (Britt Ekland). Although ... read more leave a comment