In the movie Sankofa the story followed the slaves from the beginning of the day. This seemed to narrate the sunup to sundown life of a slave. As depicted in the movie during the day the slaves worked in the fields worked at the sugar cane fields. During that time they talked about their plans of escaping, and their hopes that someday they will be free. The plantation in sankofa was fairly large with slaves working in several different areas. The focus was on the field hands but as Shola describes she worked in the house of the master before she was demoted to working in the dreadful conditions of the fields. Several of the other slaves worked in the field as well but many were not as privileged as the head slave which was Joel. “The most fortunate slaves had masters who not only trusted them but relied on them to supervise a farm, or oversee other bondspeople labor.”(Carson pg.162) Whent eh slaves were done working they returned to their slave quarters. This represented the sun down portion. The slaves valued this time as a…show more content… The male slaves spoke heavily of the maroons in the mountains. Shango who was known as a troublemaker was known for leaving but always returned. When Shola asked him why he won’t leave permanently he said he could never leave his people to suffer. Shango believed “death was better than working for the white man.” The textbook states how “white authorities considered black rebellion suicidal.” (Carson pg. 171) At one point in the movie when a runaway slave was captured, Shola watched as the slaves were viciously whipped. After seeing many of her friends get whipped and getting whipped herself she questioned running away. She thought running away would result in being captured and getting a more gruesome punishment than the whip. In the end when the slaves planned their revolt Shola participated only to get killed. Although she died she said Shango was right because she was
