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14 Reviews. Hide Spoilers. Sort by: Filter by Rating: 10/10. Great piece of work. inthepalemoonlight 13 February 2005. This special feature from HBO a couple of years back was one of the best original programs ever done for the network. Worthy of PBS even.
“Unchained Memories” provides information about slavery and first-hand accounts of the lives of slaves in the American South. The film is also an excellent way to introduce the genre of the personal narrative.
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives 2002 List. Reviews 67% 100+ Ratings Audience Score Read More Read Less. Audience Reviews Cast & Crew Discover Reviews Media Info.
Feb 10, 2003 · 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.
Unchained Memories is a 2003 documentary film about the stories of former slaves interviewed during the 1930s as part of the Federal Writers' Project. This HBO film interpretation directed by Ed Bell and Thomas Lennon is a compilation of slave narratives, narrated by actors, emulating the original conversation with the interviewer.
Co-produced by the Library and the HBO cable channel, Unchained Memories: Readings From the Slave Narratives features a truly impressive array of black actors and actresses verbally recreating the reminiscences of those who lived under the yoke of slavery.
In the midst of the Great Depression, the Federal Writers Project hired journalists and writers to travel the country and record the memories of this last generation of African-Americans born into bondage.
