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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
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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. But with time "The Fair Hope Benevolent Society ...
- 67 min
Jun 24, 2012 · The documentary sets the stage in rural Alabama, prior to Emancipation, and traces the development, struggles, contributions and gradual loss of tradition of...
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Jan 14, 2014 · The Fair Hope Benevolent Society in Uniontown, Alabama, provides an unprecedented look at the complex and morally ambiguous juxtaposition of the Society with the worldly pleasures of what has become known as the annual Foot Wash celebration.
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- English
- Whoopi Goldberg, S. Epatha Merkerson
- 1 hour and 7 minutes
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The Contradictions of Fair Hope. 2012. 1 hr 7 mins. Documentary. NR. Watchlist. A study of the Fair Hope Benevolent Society, an African-American charitable group founded in 1888 Alabama, that has ...
Movie Info. One of the last remaining black benevolent societies, known as "The Fair Hope Benevolent Society" in Uniontown, Ala., experiences development, struggles, contributions and a gradual ...
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