I’m aware. There was a reason he did not do the film.
Baskett was great, and he was given an oscar for his role, so white hollywood already gave him his due.
It’s still a racist film that glorifies slavery and the subordinate position of African Americans in the Jim Crow era. Like I said, if you are really dying to see it, I’m sure you can find a copy floating around online, although I doubt you’d like the places you’d fine it… But also probably it would be screened in a film studies class discussing race and racism in American film.
