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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.
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives: Directed by Ed Bell, Thomas Lennon. 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.
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- Documentary
- Ed Bell, Thomas Lennon
- 2003-01
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 ...
Jan 20, 2004 · 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 ...
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- HBO HOME VIDEO
- $11.9
- Various
Feb 8, 2003 · Those interviews became the basis for a new HBO documentary -- Unchained Memories-- and a corresponding book written by Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Spencer Crew. The documentary begins its run...
Jul 8, 2019 · The documentary depicts the emotions of the slaves and what they endured. The “Master” had the opportunity to sell, trade, or kill the enslaved, for retribution should one slave not obey. Narrated by: Whoopi Goldberg”.
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 ...
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- Citizen Film Inc.
