Movies and TvShows featuring "abolition-movement" theme.

Follow the lives of two friends, one from the North and one from the South, as they navigate their friendship and the challenges of the American Civil War.

A television miniseries based on the life of Harriet Tubman, the escaped African American slave who helped to organize the Underground Railroad, and who led dozens of African Americans from enslavement in the Southern United States to freedom in the Northern states and Canada.

The People Speak is a documentary that explores the history of grassroots movements and social activism in America. It showcases the struggles and triumphs of various movements, including the women's movement, the civil rights movement, and the anti-war protests. Through interviews, archival footage, and dramatic readings of historical documents, the film provides a powerful and inspiring look at the power of ordinary people to create change.

Set in the 1850s, Skin Game follows the story of two con men who join forces to scam a slave merchant. As they travel from Missouri to Texas, they navigate the dangerous world of race relations and the abolitionist movement, facing perilous situations and challenging their own moral compasses.

Thomas Crimmins is a new warder, or guard, in an Irish prison. He is young, naive, and idealistic, determined to serve his country by his part in meting out justice to criminals. His superior, Regan, however, realizes that even prisoners are human beings, and Regan is sick of the eye-for-an-eye attitude that leads the state to execute condemned men, or "quare fellows." Crimmins begins to see that not all is black and white in his new world, and when he becomes involved with Kathleen, the wife of one of the condemned men, his attitude begins to change. When new evidence arises to suggest that Kathleen's husband may not deserve his fate, Crimmins is torn between his duty and his humanity.