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Watched a movie called Burn. It was a fairly early film with Marlon Brando--doing an English accent. The story was about the sugar trade in the 1800s and what Spain and England did to enslave and suppress black people--and how the poor people fought back and were slaughtered. The story was more interesting than the actors. There were lots of battle scenes, if you can call them that.

There was a lot of messing around with historical facts in the film. It was put together as if the action took place on an island under Portuguese control (it was really a Spanish territory) and that Brando's character was English (he was, in fact, an American). The man who played the rebel leader was not an actor--he was superb!

The weekend wends to a close. The jingle bells are ringing!