Will the healing begin?

Lately, whether intentional or not, there seems to have been a surge of movies dealing with the subject of slavery or with it as a backdrop.  The two Oscar contenders of Lincoln and Django Unchained and the upcoming Twelve Years A Slave starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Brad Pitt, Paul Giamatti, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Michael Fastbender seem to suggest that Hollywood might have found a little comfortable footing with the telling of America's horrific sin of slavery.  At the very least, a wealth of many fascinating untold stories are hopefully being written for film, that could finally, equally, and honestly reflect and represent the demographics that were missing in the Republican Presidential Convention of 2012.  This applies to other historical exploits not fairly represented in film, too; such as the near extinction of many of the original Americans - Indians.  Lets hope these recent films aren't just money-making trends to be exploited because rich diverse stories are still waiting to be told, written, uncovered, and filmed with ultimately the capacity to heal the scars of America.  
Also in production are Cuba Gooding Jr.'s Something Whispered and Keith David's The North Star