Band of Angels Reflection

Band of Angels is a very dramatic romantic movie. I viewed a lot of exaggeration and great perspectives about slavery. It was fascinating to see how a spoiled Southern belle, Amantha Starr, the world fell apart. Starrs world fell apart because she found out her mother was black and a prior slave. Her father passed away very soon during her privileged stages and when he was gone her life went from upper class straight to lower class. She never knew her father was borrowing money to live and have a prosperous life. It was very interesting the film portrayed this part throughout the movie because it showed how life may have been during this time and perhaps a common thing is done. This allowed for a special connection to the film Gone With The Wind.

This movie led to many questions for viewers as to why not tell the daughter about the secret poverty, and why the plantation farm could have been a cover-up. Adding onto this curiosity during the movie as a viewer, I was very curious at the beginning as to why the daughter was not informed her mother had been enslaved. The overall film plotline was a bit unclear until later realized what the producers wanted the viewers to see.

The film was very firm in showing a different perspective of the South before and during the Civil War. Slavery is treated very differently from the last movie watched, Gone With The Wind. I viewed the slavery portrayed as much more enjoyable,       accepted, and lenient in Band of Angels.

 

In Gone with the Wind, slaves were seen as the worst enemies, treated like trash, and walk all over. Slaves were seen as the stereotypical slave that most people know. Much of the movie throughout Band of Angels portrayed the North as the “nicer side”. During Gone with the Wind, the overproduction can be seen as very similar to Band of Angels. Both films were extremely dramatically romantic and portrayed the film mainly around a Southern belle during the civil war and reconstruction era.

                                  

When I dive deeply into the meaning and major lessons in both films, overall love is one of the ideas I've concluded. When I say love I mean, how the films revolve all around love and care for one another. Love can be seen between each of the characters, the slaves, relationships between family members, and even the over sides(North and South).