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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.

Contributors:

Glover, Jacqueline

Lennon, Thomas

Harris, Mark Jonathan, 1941-

Bell, Ed.

Bassett, Angela

Boatman, Michael, 1964-

Browne, Roscoe Lee

Cheadle, Don

Davis, Ossie

Dee, Ruby

Guillaume, Robert

Guy, Jasmine

Jackson, Samuel L.

Pounder, C. C. H.

Smith, Roger Guenveur

Vance, Courtney B.

Williams, Vanessa

Winfrey, Oprah

Woodard, Alfre, 1953-

Goldberg, Whoopi, 1955-

Home Box Office (Firm)

HBO Documentary Films

Library of Congress

Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

In English; closed-captioned in English.

Subjects:

Slave narratives

Enslaved persons — United States

Slave narratives — United States

African Americans — Biography

African Americans — History — To 1863

United States — Race relations

To 1863

Slaves

African Americans

Race relations

United States

Genres:

Motion pictures

Documentary films

Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Biographies

History

System Details:

DVD; Region 1; Dolby Surround 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo; aspect ratio 4:3.

Performers:

Narrated by Whoopi Goldberg ; with readings by Angela Bassett, Michael Boatman, Roscoe Lee Browne, Don Cheadle, Sandra Daley, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Robert Guillaume, Jasmine Guy, Samuel L. Jackson, C.C.H. Pounder, LaTanya Richardson, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Roger Guenveur Smith, Courtney B. Vance, Vanessa L. Williams, Oprah Winfrey, Alfre Woodard.

Production Credits:

Co-produced and edited by Juliet Weber ; historical advisors, Ira Berlin, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., James Oliver Horton, Charles L. Perdue, Margaret Washington ; original score by Patricia Lee Stotter ; camera, Wes Dorman, Chris Hall, Sophia Constantinou ... [et. al.].

General Notes:

Special features: Audio narrative by Fountain Hughes [audio feature] (24 min.); Audio interview by Yvonne Beatty [audio feature] (5 min.); Ex-slave biographies [text feature]; Web links [requires a DVD-ROM drive, Internet access and web browser].
Public performance rights included.

Audience:

MPAA rating: Not rated.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (75 min.) : sound, color with black & white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; polychrome; monochrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical

Digital Characteristics:

video file; DVD video; region 1

Call Numbers:

UNC 2003 DVD

OCLC Numbers:

1053017825
316866175 [Invalid]