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- 2012 · Documentary · 1h 7m
The Contradictions of Fair Hope: Directed by S. Epatha Merkerson, Rockell Metcalf. With Whoopi Goldberg. Go inside a virtually untold aspect of American history, when newly freed slaves throughout the South formed "benevolent societies" to respond to abject hunger, illness and the fear of a pauper's grave.
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- 2012
- S. Epatha Merkerson, Rockell Metcalf
- 68
The Contradictions of Fair Hope. This award-winning film, narrated by Whoopi Goldberg, examines a little known aspect of African American history, when newly freed slaves throughout the South formed benevolent societies to respond to abject hunger, illness and the fear of a pauper's grave.
- 67 min
Here's the plot: "This unique documentary sets the stage in rural Alabama prior to Emancipation and traces the development struggles contributions and gradual loss of tradition...
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Synopsis. Go inside a virtually untold aspect of American history, when newly freed slaves throughout the South formed "benevolent societies" to respond...