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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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- Ed Bell, Thomas Lennon
- 2003-01
Jan 18, 2018 · Unchained Memories is a 2003 documentary film about the stories of former slaves interviewed during the 1930s as part of the Federal Writers' Project and...
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- Karonaj
Jan 6, 2010 · Unchained Memories - No Lies. In the late 1930s, an estimated 100,000 former slaves were still alive in the United States. In the midst of the Great Depression, from 1936 to 1938, more than...
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- Citizen Film
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 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 actors.
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Feb 8, 2003 · 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 diverse ...
