Inside the Most Racially Horrifying Movie Ever

CONTROVERSIAL

Farewell Uncle Tom is a 1971 Italian faux-documentary that sought to capture the evils of American slavery, but was demonized for its brutality and exploitative nature.

Published Sep. 30 2015 1:13AM EDT

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Pauline Kael loathed it with a vengeance and deemed it “an incitement to race war.”

Roger Ebert anointed it a “disgusting, contemptuous insult to decency.”

This week in Austin, a curious crowd got a rare look at cult classic Farewell Uncle Tom (Addio Zio Tom), the controversial 1971 Italian faux-documentary about the...

Jen Yamato

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Inside the Most Racially Horrifying Movie Ever

Farewell Uncle Tom is a 1971 Italian faux-documentary that sought to capture the evils of American slavery, but was demonized for its brutality and exploitative nature.

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Jen Yamato