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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
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 preserved...
- 73 min
- 48.6K
- Karonaj
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 ...
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.
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 ...
- 2 min
- 1342
- Citizen Film Inc.
In the midst of the Great Depression, the Federal Writers Project hired journalists and writers to travel the country and record the memories of this last generation of African-Americans born into bondage.
