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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.
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Language Notes:
- Closed-captioned.
In English.
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System Details:
- DVD, 5.1 Dolby surround, Region 1 encoding.
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Performers:
- 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.
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Production Credits:
- Narrator, Whoopi Goldberg ; editor, Juliet Weber.
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General Notes:
- Also issued on VHS.
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.
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Audience:
- MPAA rating: Not rated.
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Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (75 min.) : sound, color with black & white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
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Physical Characteristics:
- plastic; metal; polychrome; monochrome
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Audio Characteristics:
- digital; optical
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Digital Characteristics:
- video file; DVD video; region 1
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Call Numbers:
- UNC 2003 DVD
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ISBNs:
- 0783123396
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Other Standard Numbers:
- Universal Product Code: 026359201523
Publisher Number, HBO Video: 92015
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OCLC Numbers:
- 51615435
