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In their words, our shared history.
When the Civil War ended in 1865, more than four million slaves were set free. Over 70 years later, the memories of some 2,000 slave-era survivors were transcribed and preserved by the Library of Congress. These first-person anecdotes, ranging from the brutal to the bittersweet, have been brought to vivid life in this unique HBO documentary special, featuring the on-camera voices of over a dozen top African-American actors.
Whoopi Goldberg
Narrator (voice)
Angela Bassett
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Michael Boatman
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Roscoe Lee Browne
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Don Cheadle
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Ossie Davis
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Ruby Dee
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Robert Guillaume
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Jasmine Guy
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Samuel L. Jackson
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CCH Pounder
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LaTanya Richardson Jackson
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Ruben Santiago-Hudson
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Roger Guenveur Smith
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Courtney B. Vance
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Vanessa Williams
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Oprah Winfrey
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Alfre Woodard
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Sophie E. Constantinou
Director of Photography
Eileen Mack Knight
Casting
The Salt of the Earth
The Ten Commandments
When We Were Kings
Selma
The Alamo
Joe Louis: America's Hero Betrayed
Hidden Colors 5: The Art of Black Warfare
The Alto Knights
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
The Black List: Volume Three
52 Blocks: Show and Prove
Morristown: Where America Survived
The L.A. Riots: 25 Years Later
A Star-Spangled Story: Battle for America
Unmarked
Breath of Freedom
Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil & The Presidency
Big Time
Those who Choose the Sea
Hambone Griot
Alone in the Wilderness
John Candy: I Like Me
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
13th
Being James Bond
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
Night Will Fall
42 Up
Grizzly Man
Love, Antosha
These Amazing Shadows
Val
Audrey
Sidney
The Alabama Solution
I Am Ali
Heart of a Dog
Fuck
Sherman's March
Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me
Feb 10, 2003
HBO premiere
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