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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
Directed by Thomas Lennon, Ed Bell. In their words, our shared history. 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.
- Thomas Lennon, Ed Bell
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.
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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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. The program supplements the readings with narration by Whoopi Goldberg and archival images, dramatizations, and slave era spirituals and wor...
NETWORK:HBODATE:February 10, 2003 Monday 8:00 PMRUNNING TIME:1:13:27COLOR/B&W:ColorDonna Brown Guillaume … Executive ProducerSheila Nevins … Executive ProducerLisa Heller … Senior ProducerJacqueline Glover … ProducerUnchained Memories is a 2003 documentary film about the stories of former slaves interviewed during the 1930s as part of the Federal Writers' Project. This HBO film interpretation directed by Ed Bell and Thomas Lennon is a compilation of slave narratives, narrated by actors, emulating the original conversation with the interviewer.
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.
