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*The anticipated TV premiere of “Slavery by Another Name” finally makes its PBS debut tonight (Feb. 13) at 9 p.m. [Check local listings.] Narrated by Lawrence Fishburne, the 90-minute documentary tells how former slaves, just after the Emancipation Proclamation, were often arrested on trumped up charges and forced to work for free as prisoners under [...]
*Following a screening of the 90-minute documentary “Slavery by Another Name” at the Sundance Film Festival on Monday, the audience gave a nearly 2-minute standing ovation for its director Sam Pollard. As previously reported, the film makes its PBS debut on Feb. 13 at 9 p.m., as part of the channel’s Black History Month programming. [...]
*Imagine this… You do some research into your family tree and discover that your uncle, who was born nearly 30 years after slavery, was one of thousands of black men pulled back into a forced labor system in which they were arrested – largely on trumped up charges – and compelled to work without pay as [...]
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