Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives (2003)
75 min | Documentary.
Nominated for 4 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 1 win & 3 nominations
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.
CastLCast (in credits order) Whoopi Goldberg...NarratorAngela Bassett...ReaderMichael Boatman...ReaderRoscoe Lee Browne...ReaderDon Cheadle...ReaderSandra Daley...ReaderOssie Davis...ReaderRuby Dee...ReaderRobert Guillaume...ReaderJasmine Guy...ReaderSamuel L. Jackson...ReaderCCH Pounder...ReaderLaTanya Richardson Jackson...Reader (as LaTanya Richardson)Ruben Santiago-Hudson...ReaderRoger Guenveur Smith...ReaderCourtney B. Vance...ReaderVanessa Williams...ReaderOprah Winfrey...ReaderAlfre Woodard...Reader
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