I actually agree with Demetrius. This is less about slavery, and more about kidnap and then release to a bullying family who she simply walked away from. Of course it will come under a broad definition of slavery, but if it wasn't for the kidnap at the beginning, it would simply be living with some harsh bullies. not a nice thing to happen of course, but not quite slavery. However it does capture the emotions very well, the father plays an excellent part. As a father I fully understand his wish to regain his daughter, but not how he could abandon his wife for years while he searches, that part makes no sense. Comments by xjvttucr have been reported as baseless racism, which is what they are.

Like other reviewers, I am appalled at what that idiot Demitrius has written. What an insensitive and ignorant person he is!I am Slave is listed on IMDb as a thriller but, for what my opinion is worth, it should also be listed as a documentary. I acknowledge that depends on how true the story actually is of course - but I am taking into account the notes at the beginning of the closing credits. I don't believe that this sort of thing is exclusive to Sudan either. After all, it happened in huge numbers a couple of centuries ago in West Africa when thousands of black natives were "exported" as slaves to the Americas.This movie should be compulsory viewing in schools so that our children can learn about the inhumanities that man shows to man. Maybe it will incense many, as it did me, to strive in whatever small way they can to end this sort of thing. We live in relative luxury in western society and many turn a blind eye to atrocities right on our own doorsteps and it isn't good enough!What's even worse is that the people Malia was enslaved to could just as easily paid her a fair wage and made her part of their family and, at least, given her a reasonable life and some dignity (bearing in mind that they didn't abduct her in the first place - they were "given" her by her evil mistress's evil sister.) Did those loathsome women derive some sort of sadistic pleasure from their treatment of a submissive young woman for whom a simple smile was an effort?I have rated this film 9 - not for the acting or the cinematography or the directing (all of which are OK by the way) but for the MESSAGE - which is why I believe it should be categorised as a documentary. Certainly not light entertainment but, equally certainly, compulsive viewing!

I can't believe some reviews...I would love to see that demetrius guy separated from his family, when all his friends will brutally killed, when he can't sure that his family are alive or dead, when he is just 12 years old, and send to some foreign country, lock in the house and do nothing but hard work and with constant insult and abuse, never talk anyone. And then after 6 or 7 seven years of that, come here and review this film again.This film is not perfect, not show all horrible things happen that poor slaves but good enough to feel guilty for what happened to them. (Sorry my English is not good)

I gave this movie a 3 for two reasons. One is because I liked the Africa scenes, and the other because the lead actress was quite good. Other than these two things, the movie has little to offer. From the title I would expect to see a girl getting kidnapped, and then going through some terrible situations. Instead, I saw her being spanked once because she played with the Master's kids, and then being sent to live in London like a housewife. Oh yes, once they locked her inside her room for punishment, so after all these hardships, one night, she decided to punch in the alarm code, open the door, and leave the house for good. OK, I do not say that the living conditions were nice, but it is not worst than the living conditions of thousands of Europeans nowadays. The word Slave suggests a huge amount of mistreatment. Verbal abuse. Physical abuse. Rape. We see the minimal amount of all these here. The title would be more accurate if it were "I was kidnapped and forced to be a Nanny". Anyways, this movie is OK to watch, but if you missed don't worry about it...