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Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

Description: 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. Wikipedia
Genre: Documentary
Year Released: 2003
Initial Release: January 2003
Directors: Ed Bell, Thomas Lennon
Screenplay: Mark Jonathan Harris
Narrated By: Whoopi Goldberg
Nominations: Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Award for Outstanding Non-Fiction Special, MORE
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