the film "cruel exploitation", believing that the directors degraded the poor Haitian extras playing slaves by having them enact the extremely dehumanizing situations the film depicts virtually as they occurred. Gene Siskel put the film second (behind The Last House on the Left) on his year-end list of what he called the sickest films he saw in 1972. Critic Pauline Kael called the film "the most specific and rabid incitement to race war". The directors denied charges of racism; in the 2003 documentary Godfathers of Mondo they specifically note that one of their intentions in making Addio Zio Tom was to "make a new film that would be clearly anti-racist" in response to criticism by Ebert and others over perceived racism in their previous film Africa Addio. The film was a commercial failure. Currently, it is considered a cult classic. Italian film critic Marco Giusti calls it "not bad" and remembers that the numerous scenes in the nude "made a certain effect back then". Soundtrack The film was scored by Italian composer Riz Ortolani and is notable for the theme "Oh My Love" sung by Katyna Ranieri, which would later be used in the soundtrack to the film Drive (2011). Ortolani also collaborated with directors Jacopetti and Prosperi on their previous films, Mondo Cane, and Africa Addio. See also List of films featuring slavery References Bibliography External links Online Trailer (English version) 1971 films 1970s exploitation films Italian drama films 1970s Italian-language films Films about American slavery Films about race and ethnicity Mondo films Documentary films about slavery in the United States Films directed by Gualtiero Jacopetti Films shot in Haiti Films scored by Riz Ortolani Golan-Globus films 1970s Italian films