Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003, English. Directed by Ed Bell & Thomas Lennon.
In their words, our shared history.
When the Civil War ended in 1865, more than four million slaves were set free. Over 70 years later, the memories of some 2,000 slave-era survivors were transcribed and preserved by the Library of Congress. These first-person anecdotes, ranging from the brutal to the bittersweet, have been brought to vivid life in this unique HBO documentary special, featuring the on-camera voices of over a dozen top African-American actors.
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- 1h 15m
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- 10 February 2003
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- United States of America
- Written by
- Mark Jonathan Harris
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Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives (2003) was directed by Ed Bell and Thomas Lennon and stars Whoopi Goldberg, Angela Bassett, Michael Boatman.