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The Handmaid's Tale(2017-)

FSK: 16+ years
| 50min per episode | Drama, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
4.1/5 (with 1,271 votes)

Set in a dystopian future, a woman is forced to live as a concubine under a fundamentalist theocratic dictatorship. A TV adaptation of Margaret Atwood's novel.

The Ancient Magus' Bride(2017-2023)

FSK: 12+ years
| 24min per episode | Animation, Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Drama
4.2/5 (with 168 votes)

Hatori Chise has lived a life full of neglect and abuse, devoid of anything resembling love. Far from the warmth of family, she has had her share of troubles and pitfalls. Just when all hope seems lost, a fateful encounter awaits her. When a man with the head of a beast, wielding strange powers, obtains her through a slave auction, Chise's life will never be the same again. The man is a "magus,"a sorcerer of great power, who decides to free Chise from the bonds of captivity. The magus then makes a bold statement: Chise will become his apprentice--and his bride!

Roots(1977)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 30min per episode | Drama, Documentary
3.7/5 (with 104 votes)

The epic tale of celebrated Pulitzer-prize winning author Alex Haley's ancestors as portrayed in the acclaimed twelve hour mini-series Roots, was first told in his 1976 bestseller Roots: The Saga of an American Family. The docu-drama covers a period of history that begins in mid-1700s Gambia, West Africa and concludes during post-Civil War United States, over 100 years later. This 1977 miniseries eventually won 9 Emmy awards, a Golden Globe award, and a Peabody award, and still stands as the most watched miniseries in U.S. history.

Spartacus: Gods of the Arena(2011)

51min per episode | Action & Adventure
3.9/5 (with 16 votes)

In the time before the arrival of Spartacus, the House of Batiatus faces many challenges from competitors, and within its own household.

Underground(2016-2017)

42min per episode | Drama
3.4/5 (with 35 votes)

A group of slaves plan a daring 600-mile escape from a Georgia plantation. Along the way, they are aided by a secret abolitionist couple running a station on the Underground Railroad as they attempt to evade the people charged with bringing them back, dead or alive.

Arthdal Chronicles(2019-2023)

1h per episode | Drama, Action & Adventure
3.9/5 (with 30 votes)

In a mythical land called Arth, the inhabitants of the ancient city of Arthdal and its surrounding regions vie for power as they build a new society.

Roots(2016)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 30min per episode | Drama, Action & Adventure
3.4/5 (with 78 votes)

An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", chronicling the history of an African slave, Kunta Kinte sold to America and his descendants.

Supercar(1961-1962)

3.4/5 (with 3 votes)

Supercar was a children's TV show produced by Gerry Anderson and Arthur Provis's AP Films for ATV and ITC Entertainment. 39 episodes were produced between 1961 and 1962, and it was Anderson's first half-hour series. In the UK it was seen on ITV and in the US in syndication. The format uses puppets in a technique called supermarionation, a name that was first seen in the closing titles of the last 13 episodes. The plot of the show consisted of Supercar, a vertical takeoff and landing craft invented by Rudolph Popkiss and Horatio Beaker, and piloted by Mike Mercury. On land it rode on a cushion of air rather than wheels. Jets in the rear allowed it to fly like a jet and retractable wings were incorporated in the back of the car. Retrorockets on the side of the car slowed the vehicle. The car used "Clear-Vu", which included an inside television monitor allowing the occupant to see through fog and smoke. The vehicle was housed in a laboratory and living facility at Black Rock, Nevada, U.S.A. In the show's first episode, "Rescue", the Supercar crew's first mission is to save the passengers of a downed private plane. Two of the rescued, young Jimmy Gibson and his pet monkey, Mitch, are invited to live at the facility and share in the adventures.

Directed by David Elliott, Desmond Saunders

Exterminate All the Brutes(2021)

FSK: 18+ years
| 59min per episode | Documentary, Drama
3.5/5 (with 13 votes)

Hybrid docuseries offering an expansive exploration of the exploitative and genocidal aspects of European colonialism, from America to Africa, and its impact on society today.

Directed by Raoul Peck

The Underground Railroad(2021)

FSK: 16+ years
| Drama
3.7/5 (with 57 votes)

Follow young Cora’s journey as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South. After escaping her Georgia plantation for the rumored Underground Railroad, Cora discovers no mere metaphor, but an actual railroad full of engineers and conductors, and a secret network of tracks and tunnels beneath the Southern soil.

Directed by Barry Jenkins - With Thuso Mbedu, Joel Edgerton, Peter Mullan, Fred Hechinger, Sheila Atim

The Long Song(2018)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h per episode | Drama
3.3/5 (with 5 votes)

Set during the final days of slavery in 19th century Jamaica, we follow the trials, tribulations and survival of plantation slave July and her odious mistress Caroline.

#blackAF(2020)

35min per episode | Comedy
3.3/5 (with 14 votes)

A father takes an irreverent and honest approach to parenting and relationships.

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Side by Side(2012-2013)

4.6/5 (with 3 votes)

Winner of the International Emmy Award for Best Telenovela, "Side by Side" focuses on two women of different origins and social classes. The brave Isabel, daughter of a former slave and in love with the capoeira player Zé Maria; and Laura, descendant from a wealthy family and destined to an undesired marriage to Edgar. In addition to an unshakable friendship, the two share the same purpose in life: the conquest of freedom in the conservative society of Rio de Janeiro of the early 20th century.

The Good Lord Bird(2020)

FSK: 16+ years
| 45min per episode | Western, Drama
3.6/5 (with 34 votes)

Enslaved teenager Henry Shackleford, aka Little Onion, becomes a member in abolitionist John Brown’s motley family during the Bleeding Kansas era before the Civil War.

The Blue and the Gray(1982)

2h 7min per episode | Drama
3.6/5 (with 9 votes)

The Blue and the Gray is a television miniseries that first aired on CBS in three installments on November 14, November 16, and November 17, 1982. Set during the American Civil War, the series starred John Hammond, Stacy Keach, Lloyd Bridges, and Gregory Peck as President Abraham Lincoln. It was executive produced by Larry White and Lou Reda, in association with Columbia Pictures Television, then owned by The Coca-Cola Company.

Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen - With John Hammond

Alex Haley's Queen(1993)

1h per episode | Drama
3.6/5 (with 10 votes)

Queen is the story about Easter, the illegitimate daughter of James Jackson, III and her lifelong affair with plantation owner Tim Daly, which would result in the birth of Queen. Queen's story revolves around her early years as a slave who yearns to know who her father is, and her condition as a fair skin mixed race woman who spends her life trying to figure out where exactly she fits in.

Directed by John Erman - With Halle Berry

The 1619 Project(2023)

1h per episode | Documentary
3.7/5 (with 6 votes)

In keeping with the original project, this series seeks to reframe the country's history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of Black Americans at the very center of our national narrative.

Slavery and the Making of America(2005)

55min per episode | Documentary
3.9/5 (with 2 votes)

The history of American slavery from its beginnings in the British colonies to its end in the Southern states and the years of post-Civil War Reconstruction. Looks at slavery as an integral part of a developing nation, challenging the long held notion that slavery was exclusively a Southern enterprise. Simultaneously focuses on the remarkable stories of individual slaves, offering new perspectives on the slave experience and testifying to the active role that Africans and African Americans took in surviving their bondage and shaping their own lives.

Decolonisation(2020)

FSK: 16+ years
| 53min per episode | Documentary, War & Politics
4.4/5 (with 3 votes)

The history of decolonization from the point of view of colonized peoples, an epic story that still resonates and reverberates to this day.

The Book of Negroes(2015)

45min per episode | Drama
3.3/5 (with 8 votes)

Kidnapped in Africa and subsequently enslaved in South Carolina, Aminata must navigate a revolution in New York, isolation in Nova Scotia and treacherous jungles of Sierra Leone, in an attempt to secure her freedom in the 19th century.

Xica da Silva(1996-1997)

3.9/5 (with 66 votes)

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A Respectable Trade(1998)

1h per episode | Drama
3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

A four-part drama, set against the background of the English slave trade and adapted by Philippa Gregory from her novel.

The History of Sex(1999)

1h per episode | Documentary
4.7/5 (with 2 votes)

The History of Sex is a 1999 five part documentary series by Jim Milio, Kelly McPherson, and Melissa Jo Peltier; and narrated by Peter Coyote. It was first aired on The History Channel. It features interviews of Hugh Hefner, Dr. Ruth Westheimer, Helen Gurley Brown, and more.

Tropiques amers(2007)

52min per episode | Drama

- No description / details available yet. -

Unknown Amazon with Pedro Andrade(2021-)

44min per episode | Documentary

See the real modern-day Amazonia through an exploration of the Amazon Basin, meeting a different group of people who live there in each episode.

Thomas Jefferson(1997)

1h 30min per episode | Documentary
4.4/5 (with 3 votes)

The complex life of Thomas Jefferson, who wrote that "all men are created equal" yet owned slaves, is recounted by master filmmaker Ken Burns in this probing documentary. Covering Jefferson's diplomatic work in France, his two presidential terms, his retirement at Monticello and more.

Britain's Slave Trade(1999)

5.0/5 (with 1 vote)

A look at the role of slavery in the development of wealth in the United Kingdom

Reconstruction: America After the Civil War(2019)

55min per episode | Documentary
3.4/5 (with 2 votes)

Explore the transformative years following the American Civil War, when the nation struggled to rebuild itself in the face of profound loss, massive destruction, and revolutionary social change. The twelve years that composed the post-war Reconstruction era (1865-77) witnessed a seismic shift in the meaning and makeup of our democracy.

Confederate(2024-)

In an alternate reality in which the Confederate States successfully seceded from the Union and the institution of slavery thrives, American inches towards a Third Civil War.

Slavery Routes(2018)

FSK: 12+ years
| 52min per episode | Documentary
4.1/5 (with 2 votes)

- No description / details available yet. -

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