Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

Directed by Ed Bell and Thomas Lennon
2003    75mDocumentary, History
8.067%
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, featuring the on-camera voices of over a dozen top African-American actors.
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Cast of Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
  • Whoopi GoldbergNarrator (voice)
  • Angela Bassett
  • Michael Boatman
  • Roscoe Lee Browne
  • Don Cheadle
  • Ossie Davis
  • Ruby Dee
  • Robert Guillaume
  • Jasmine Guy
  • Samuel L. Jackson
  • CCH Pounder
  • LaTanya Richardson Jackson
  • Ruben Santiago-Hudson
  • Roger Guenveur Smith
  • Courtney B. Vance
  • Vanessa Williams
  • Oprah Winfrey
  • Alfre Woodard
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