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Directed By: D. Eric Harmon
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Release Date: 2008-06-19
Running Time: 0:00
Content Rating: GA (General Audience)
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DVD Region: All Regions
Media Format: DVD-R
Aspect Ratio: 4:3
Audio Language(s): English
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Genres: Documentary >> African American Heritage Influences: The History Channel's Mysteries of the Bible // Jesus Camp |
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Bondage and the Bible tackles the controversial subject of African Americans who follow the bible as "the word of god" despite glaring passages that support and condone the institution of slavery. The film examines how Old Testament curses and commandments legitimizes slavery and how New Testament scriptures urge slaves to obey even the cruelest of masters. In addition, the film evaluates the psychological damage that ensues when African American people worship iconic images of a white god. Using actual bible scriptures and interviews with people ranging from biblical scholars to ordinary citizens, the film offers a diverse look at how the bible's support of slavery allowed U.S. slave owners to pass on a religion to African Americans that guaranteed an inferior relationship to all things divine.