The Death of Tom (2008) - Where to Watch

Now, before we get into the key details of how you can watch 'The Death of Tom' right now, here are some specifics about the flick. The Death of Tom starring has a Not Rated rating, a runtime of about 23 min. The release date of the movie is January 1st, 2008.

Want the short version of the plot? Here's the plot: "For this project Ligon originally intended to re-create the last scene of a 1903 silent film adaptation of the novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin from 1852. In the film, white actors in blackface played the principal roles. Tom, the film's protagonist and a slave, dies in the final scene, and images of the future—including the end of the American Civil War and the emancipation of slaves—materialize behind him. After footage of his reenactment was processed, Ligon discovered that the film was blurred and the imagery had disappeared. Leaving the footage unedited, he added a commissioned score played by the jazz pianist Jason Moran. In the final work, a cinematic scenario deeply intertwined with the complex and painful history of representations of ethnic difference has been transformed into a series of abstract black, white, and gray traces."

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