I Am Slave (2010)

A thriller set in London's slave trade and centered on a woman's fight for freedom.

Director:

Gabriel Range

Writer:

Jeremy Brock (screenplay)

Stars:

Wunmi Mosaku, Isaach De Bankolé, Lubna Azabal

2 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Wunmi Mosaku	...	Malia
Isaach De Bankolé	...	Bah
Lubna Azabal
Yigal Naor	...	Said
Hiam Abbass
Nonso Anozie
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Nyokabi Gethaiga	...	Hana
Nasser Memarzia	...	Ibrahim
Selva Rasalingam	...	Amir
Amaar Sardharwalla	...	Assi
Jameel Sardharwalla	...	Rami

Storyline

Based on the real-life experiences of Mende Nazer,the story unfolds as twelve-year-old Malia,daughter of champion wrestler Bah,is abducted from her Sudanese village in the Nubar Mountains by pro-government Arab militia and sold into slavery to a woman in Khartoum,who beats her for touching her daughter. After six years she is sent to London,where her name is changed,but her miserable life of servitude continues. Her passport is taken and she is told that her father will die if she goes to the authorities. Fortunately she meets a sympathetic person who seems to offer her the hope of escape and reunion with Bah,back in Sudan. For all the film's optimism an end title states that there are around 5,000 'slave' workers currently in Britain.

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Plot Keywords:

slave | sudan | village | sudanese | slavery | 

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Genres:

Thriller

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Details

Country:

UK

Release Date:

10 January 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

Eimai sklava

Filming Locations:

Kenya

Company Credits

Production Co:

Altered Image, Borough Picture Company, Potboiler Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

82 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Mistress: If you ever try to speak to anyone outside this house, my husband will have your family killed.
Malia: [dropping to her knees] Please!
Mistress: You need to understand, if you disobey again your father dies.

User Reviews

Even I do not understand how lucky I am to be living the way I do.

I am shocked at the comments of demetrius11. Obviously you haven't seen enough slavery movies out there to understand that most of them only have violence in them. We've seen all of that before. I am slave brings another perspective to the issue. And you most certainly do not understand one bit how it is to be separated from your family and on a land where you know nobody and there is no way for you to reach your family and know if they are alive. I would love to see you spend one week in a small room with no food, no light nor human contact. I cannot blame you. Even I do not understand how lucky I am to be living the way I do.