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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Directors

Ed Bell Thomas Lennon

Writer

Mark Jonathan Harris

Producers

Liz Gazzano Jacqueline Glover Thomas Lennon

Composer

Patricia Lee Stotter

Cinematographer

Sophia E. Constantinou

Editor

Juliet Weber