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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.
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Unchained Memories. 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 HBO film interpretation directed by Ed Bell and Thomas Lennon [2] is a ...
The movie is also an excellent platform for assignments and activities that fulfill skills-based curriculum requirements. (See Assignments, Projects, and Activities and Teaching Students to Write a Narrative.) In addition, “Unchained Memories” provides cross-curriculum content for American history classes.
This special feature from HBO a couple of years back was one of the best original programs ever done for the network. Worthy of PBS even. Taking the documented words of people who were enslaved in this country and having their comments read to us was a wonderful idea and gave viewers a more true insight for what the life of a slave was often like.
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, featuring the on-camera voices of over a dozen top African-American actors. — Ulf Kjell Gür.
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives 2002 List. Reviews 67% Audience Score 100+ Ratings Read More Read Less. Reviews Cast & Crew Media Info. Critics Reviews
Feb 10, 2003 · 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. 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.
