Code Red said they actually had trouble selling this to stores as they thought it was too controversial to have. People always look for an excuse to hate a good film, and that is what this is.
Beautiful Kathy McKee is Coral, a beautiful Quadroon woman who is soon to be auctioned off in the slave market. A young teacher from the north arrives in New Orleans to teach Coral to read.
He falls in love with her, but is too poor to buy her, so he devises a plot to help her escape and live with him as a free woman in the north. Every plan he has fails thanks to a very rich and sadistic slave owner named Dupree (George Lupo) who wants to own Coral.
The teacher, Caleb (Tim Kincaid) devises one last plan but to no avail. In the very depressing ending Dupree gets Coral and Caleb pays with his life.
McKee is simply gorgeous and steals every scene she is in. This was filmed entirely on location in New Orleans and is another great example of regional film making. The cast also includes familiar faces such as William McGhee and Annabelle Weenick.
The quality of this Blu-ray really makes the color photography stand out and I see how some might think this is a controversial film, but keep in mind this is just a movie. Sure, this kind of crap went on hundreds of years ago, but again, THIS IS A MOVIE!! NO REAL LIFE.
McKee acted in a few TV shows and then retired from acting, which is our loss, but she is still in the business but involved in casting.
I think you people reading this should check out the movie. It does not disappoint.
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