HistoryDocumentary
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
"In their words, our shared history."
User Score7 votes
48%4.8/10
Release2003→
Runtime1H 15M
LanguageEnglish
StatusReleased
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 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.
Principal Cast8

Whoopi Goldberg
Narrator (voice)

Angela Bassett

Michael Boatman

Roscoe Lee Browne

Don Cheadle

Ossie Davis

Ruby Dee

Robert Guillaume
Media1
Posters
Director
Ed Bell
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Keywords
slaverylibrary of congressblack slaveblack historyusa history
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