| Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 75 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
Special features: original slave narrative audio recording of Fountain Hughes; biographies of the ex-slaves featured in the documentary; DVD-ROM links to HBO.com site, Library of Congress Slave Narratives Archives, The Freedom Center. |
| Credits |
Narrator, Whoopi Goldberg ; editor, Juliet Weber. |
| Cast |
Angela Bassett, Michael Boatman, Roscoe Lee Browne, Don Cheadle, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Robert Guillaume, Jasmine Guy, Samuel L. Jackson, C.C.H. Pounder, Roger Guenveur Smith, Courtney B. Vance, Vanessa L. Williams, Oprah Winfrey, Alfre Woodard. |
| Summary |
When the Civil War ended in 1865, more than 4 million slaves were set free. By the late 1930's, 100,000 former slaves were still alive. In the midst of the Great Depression, journalists and writers traveled the country to record the memories of the last generation of African-Americans born into bondage. Over 2,000 interviews were transcribed as spoken, in the vernacular of the time, to form a unique historical record. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1, fullscreen (4:3) presentation; 5.1 Dolby surround. |
| Language |
English dialogue with optional Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
African Americans -- History -- To 1863.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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| Subject |
Slave narratives.
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Enslaved persons -- United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Subject |
African Americans -- Biography.
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| Added Author |
Bell, Ed.
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Lennon, Thomas F. (Thomas Furneaux)
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Glover, Jacqueline.
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Harris, Mark Jonathan, 1941-
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Bassett, Angela.
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Boatman, Michael, 1964-
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Browne, Roscoe Lee.
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Cheadle, Don.
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Davis, Ossie.
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Dee, Ruby.
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Guillaume, Robert.
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Guy, Jasmine.
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Jackson, Samuel L.
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Pounder, C. C. H.
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Smith, Roger Guenveur.
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Vance, Courtney B.
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Williams, Vanessa.
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Winfrey, Oprah.
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Woodard, Alfre, 1953-
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Goldberg, Whoopi, 1955-
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Weber, Juliet.
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HBO Documentary Films.
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Library of Congress.
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HBO Video (Firm)
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| ISBN |
0783123396 |
| Standard No. |
026359201523 |
| Music No. |
92015 HBO Video |
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