Welcome to Retro Rewind, the TGJ original feature carved out to celebrate TV and Film’s glorious and informative past.
Today, we step back to 1998 to revisit ‘Beloved‘, the movie starring Oprah Winfrey, Kimberly Elise, Danny Glover and Thandie Newton.
Based on the Toni Morrison novel of the same name, the film deals with the horrific and traumatic lives of enslaved African-Americans after slavery was abolished in 1864 and the desperate measures they took to protect their children during the trade.
In the book and movie, we are introduced to a woman (portrayed by Winfrey) who, much to the horror of her community, murders her children to stop them from being captured by oppressors.
What happens when one of the dead refuses to stay dead?
A harrowing movie about the psychological affects of slavery after the jump…
Love this movie. Love this cast and love this wardrobe…a fabulous movie
I remember when this movie came out, everyone said it was a terrible movie and it would be the end of Oprah’s movie career. I finally watched this movie about 5 yrs ago as an adult and loved it. Obviously, it wasn’t the end of Oprah’s film career, but she was so disappointed by the reception of this film that it took her a long time to return to the big screen. Very good movie tho!
I love Oprah Winfrey. She really has a beautiful thing going on her channel every Sunday. Hope you guys are taking advantage of the spiritual messages she’s sharing with the world. She gets IT.
Have you been tuning into Green Leaf?
One of my favorite movies. The ending when that woman wails when Beloved comes on the front porch kills me every time ??? Good movie!!!!
“Touch me on the inside part and scream mah name” lmao me and my friends would repeat that line randomly
Me and my step sister used to repeat that line from this movie all the time! We would be cracking up!!
Nice movie