“Based on facts.” Those three words (along with based on a true story) fill me with dread. These days Hollywood takes a lot of liberties with "the truth" in order to sell a film and though the movie I'm reviewing did take place over 30 years ago, I have a feeling La-La- Land was just as guilty then of embellishments as it is now.
That
said, however, the truth of slavery still existing in Africa in the 20th
century was very real. Hell, it exists in the 21st century in many countries
across the globe. What surprised me is that people thought it all went away
after the US Civil War.