It was an eye-opening film that made me think again about slavery. The director does an incredible job of making the film historically accurate and seems to show all aspects of slavery. I feel like I learned about the way slaves were treated. They were seen as property, but not as valuable property. Slaves were also judged on their strength. An intelligent slave could be considered as valuable as a strong slave. The last thing I learned from this movie is that not all slave owners and their workers are cruel to slaves. Some were respectful and kind to the slaves as long as the slaves worked hard and showed it