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Running time. 75 minutes. Country. United States. Language. English [1] 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.
A documentary that features the voices of famous African-American actors reading the first-person accounts of former slaves. Based on the Library of Congress collection of over 2,000 slave narratives, the film explores the brutal and bittersweet memories of slavery.
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- Ed Bell, Thomas Lennon
- 2003-01
Unchained Memories!!! (Readings From The Slave Narratives)!!! - YouTube. 0:00 / 1:13:27. Unchained Memories is a 2003 documentary film about the stories of former slaves interviewed during...
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Mar 18, 2015 · Based on interviews conducted by the WPA in the 1930s, this film presents dramatic readings by famous actors of former slaves' stories. Narrated by Whoopi Goldberg, the film also features music, archival footage and commentary on slavery's legacy.
Jan 6, 2010 · Unchained Memories - No Lies - YouTube. Citizen Film. 509 subscribers. Subscribed. 119. 41K views 14 years ago. In the late 1930s, an estimated 100,000 former slaves were still alive in the...
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Thomas Lennon, Ed Bell. Synopsis. 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...
Feb 8, 2003 · Email. During the 1930s, the Works Progress Administration's Federal Writers' Project interviewed 2,000 former slaves as part of a larger overall effort to record the remarkable history of the...
