Too much of everything

Purely Joyful Movie!

Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Before i could see 500years later,my friends were always telling me about this documentary.And when i eventually got it,i could not stop watching it.i watched it over and over again.it was too rich with knowledge and needed more time to watch it and learn.i have never spent so much time watching a documentary like i did with 500years later.I wonder what the director was thinking before he came up with the idea.He is a legend.500years later have thought me a lot of things that i did not know before as a young African man.I can not wait to see it's continuation.thumb up for the directors and whoever that was responsible for the making of 500years later.It was exclusive.good work

Only one of its kind. 500 YEARS LATER depicts the reality of not only the African Diaspora, but also anyone in search for his or her own ancestral seed, all of this is manifested in the authentic voices of speakers who have physically changed conditions of societies through speech. I learn something new every time I watch it. It's a "must have" for the seeker of truth. 500 YEARS LATER brings to light a forgotten history and a past very few people knew existed. The film compiles for us strands of empowering tools that have been buried for 500 YEARS, only now have those seeds been uprooted. We not only need to experience this film but we need to stand as active components in continuously seeking the most present truth to date. We need to plant the seed of our own achievements so that our children need not look to others for aspiration but within the family, us, we, the self, me. Family is our first society, town, country, continent, world.

500 years later is a film of hope. Yes I see in the beginning the same old pictures presented in a different way. They were presented to show where we came from, the interviews were in-depth and varied in both personalities and locations and I like that it spanned, the world impacted by slavery. Everyone's view helped to give the film body and not frivolous rhetoric. There was a lady from one of the African countries with her little daughter and what struck me foremost was the complexion, as we are often painted a picture of one type of African only. So that further expanded my mind and continued the process of removing the stereotypes of africaness that I have been presented with. But what touched me most was that at the end suggestions for change were made. You left the film feeling empowered and encouraged to do something that 500 years from now the story would be vastly different. It was also refreshing to Well done, a refreshing look at slavery and its impact. No whimpering, but boldness of the roar into the future.

Well what can I say, this film has brought a worldwide perspective on issues effecting many people living in a multicultural society today. The music and imagery were great, you can tell that a lot of time and effort has been put into making this film work.I went into the cinema expecting to see a movie that was about the slave trade and what had happened 500 years ago, what I didn't expect was to be educated... I thought I knew all I needed to know about what had happened all those years ago but this film re-taught with boldness how it not only effected history but how it still effects this generation, whether Black or White this is a must see. The film was interesting, thought provoking and intelligent. It also gave a message of hope and a way of reaching that light at the end of the tunnel and a way of tackling the problems that so many face from past generational hurts. I hope this can be shown in school and universities all around the country. Well recommended..!