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| Unchained Memories | |
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| Directed by | Ed Bell and Thomas Lennon |
| Written by | Mark Jonathan Harris |
| Narrated by | Whoopi Goldberg |
| Distributed by | HBO |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English[1] |
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 compilation of slave narratives, narrated by actors, emulating the original conversation with the interviewer. The slave narratives may be the most accurate in terms of the everyday activities of the enslaved, serving as personal memoirs of more than two thousand former slaves. The documentary depicts the emotions of the slaves and what they endured. The "Master" had the opportunity to sell, trade, or kill the enslaved, for retribution should one slave not obey.
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- ^ Internet Movie Database website - Unchained Memories, accessed May 5, 2010.