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Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives is a 2003 American documentary film about the stories of former slaves interviewed during the 1930s as part of the Federal Writers' Project and preserved in the WPA Slave Narrative Collection.
What was it like to be enslaved in the United States? More than 2,000 African Americans answered that question in interviews conducted during the 1930s. Their voices come to life inside the pages...
With Whoopi Goldberg, Angela Bassett, Michael Boatman, Roscoe Lee Browne. 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.
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- Documentary
- Ed Bell, Thomas Lennon
- 2003-01
UNCHAINED MEMORIES: READINGS FROM THE SLAVE NARRATIVES (TV) Summary. A documentary based on interviews with ex-slaves collected by the Federal Writers Project in the 1930s in which the actual words of former black slaves are read by a group of prominent African-American actors.
DESCRIPTION. In this film actors give dramatic readings of the recollections of former slaves who were interviewed by the Federal Writers’ Project in the 1930s. A narrator links the episodes with basic information about slavery in the Southern United States. SELECTED AWARDS & CAST.
Mar 18, 2015 · This 74-minute HBO documentary brings the selected words of these former slaves to life through the voices of celebrated African-American actors – Narrated by Whoopi Goldberg, the film features emotion-charged readings by Angela Bassett, Michael Boatman, Roscoe Lee Browne, Don Cheadle, Sandra Daley, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Robert Guillaume ...
Feb 9, 2003 · Cast: Narrator: Whoppi Goldberg. "Times don't change, just the merchandise": Ex-slave Sarah Francis Shaw Graves' take on the world was an understandably bitter one, and her words provide an...
