Film Analysis: Roots of Resistance a Story of the Underground Railroad

In the movie Roots of Resistance a Story of the Underground Railroad, the filmmaker makes some very strong points. He made the movie in a way that portrays his specific opinion and views on the Underground Railroad. If a viewer didn't know what the movie was about they may have guessed it would have been a very different kind of movie based on the title. After watching the movie in its entirety you realize that the movie was made to generate a very different view on the Underground Railroad. In this movie the idea behind the Underground Railroad is that it was solely in the control of the slaves. From other sources (elementary and high school text books) we grow up
Speeches such as this were exactly what slave owners were afraid of. They didn't want their slaves to be encouraged by the teachings in the bible, or provoked by the idea that they would be with, and helped by Jesus Christ as they ran away from oppression. The fact that religion gave slaves a new outlook on just how poorly they were being treated, and how it showed them how other oppressed peoples had revolted, and how it gave them the feeling that God would lead and protect them as they ran away was exactly why some slaves owners didn't allow for such Sunday meetings or any kind of religious occurrence to take place. If slaves did finally escape the plantation they faced many challenges. These challenges often resulted in unsuccessful escapes. Slaves often had a hard time traveling the long distances it took to be free. The way to freedom was greatly influenced on a slave's location. Slaves in the lower southern states had it particularly rough; they often had to travel from Georgia all the way to Canada to be free. Slaves in the upper part of the south had a slightly easier and shorter trip. Slave owners would often place metal collars, bells or chains on their slaves so that they could be heard when they moved (Samels). Many slave owners even went out to look for their slaves. They used dogs to detect the routes that slaves had gone and would often follow them until they were caught. Some even hire bounty hunters