The Heritage of Slavery - Of Black America (1968)
1968 · 0h 54m
News documentary from 1968 hosted by George Foster, exploring the legacy of oppression that remains over 100 years after the abolition of that peculiar institution. In Part 1, Foster visits Charleston, SC, and speaks with both descendants of slaves and slave owners.
Director: Peter Davis
Writers: Peter Davis
Cinematography: Robert J. Clemens
Cast
George Foster as Self - ReporterLerone Bennett Jr. as Self - Senior Editor, 'Ebony' Magazine (as Lerone Bennett Jr.)Henry Butler as Self (as Rev. Henry Butler)Fannie Lou Hamer as SelfJames E. Turner as Self -Political Sociology Instructor, Northwestern UniversityMore like this
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