Goodbye Uncle Tom

"300 years of hate explode today!"

1971 2h 3m IT

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6.6

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★6.6TMDB · 76

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Synopsis

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Two documentary filmmakers go back in time to the pre-Civil War American South, to film the slave trade.

“300 years of hate explode today!”

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Cast

Stefano Sibaldi
Narrator (voice)
Susan Hampshire
Self
Dick Gregory
Self (uncredited)
Gualtiero Jacopetti
Self (uncredited)
Ernest Kubler
Whip (uncredited)
Franco Prosperi
Self (uncredited)
Shelley Spurlock
Girl (uncredited)
Gordon Felio

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Gualtiero Jacopetti
Writers: Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco Prosperi
Languages: Italian
Countries: Italy

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ERA

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55 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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2 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Mondo Cane Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Gualtiero Jacopetti, shot by Claudio Cirillo. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Riz Ortolani. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Gualtiero Jacopetti shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Stefano Sibaldi and Susan Hampshire and Dick Gregory carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

ERA

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Marketing tagline: "300 years of hate explode today!".

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The take

Gualtiero Jacopetti directs. Claudio Cirillo behind the camera. Riz Ortolani scores. Gualtiero Jacopetti cuts. Produced in Italy. Dialogue in Italian.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

155 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Part of the "Mondo Cane Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Gualtiero Jacopetti, shot by Claudio Cirillo. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Riz Ortolani. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Gualtiero Jacopetti shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Stefano Sibaldi and Susan Hampshire and Dick Gregory carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "300 years of hate explode today!".
9IMDB entry: tt0180396 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Only 76 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
11Classified under 13 themes, including "rape", "mississippi river", "sadism", "slavery".
12Released under 22 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Claudio Cirillo
Original score: Riz Ortolani
Editing: Gualtiero Jacopetti
Costume design: Kathryn Snedeker
Runtime: 123 min · 2h 3m
Status: Released
Original language: IT
IMDB: Goodbye Uncle Tom (1971)

Part of

Mondo Cane Collection

A collection of documentaries which consist of a series of travelogue vignettes that provide glimpses into cultural practices around the world with the intention to shock or surprise western film audiences.