Reenactment - convicts in a swamp.

Reenactment - convicts in a swamp.

Slavery By Another Name: Behind The Scenes

Slavery By Another Name: Behind The Scenes

Slavery by Another Name "resets" our national clock with a singular astonishing fact: Slavery in America didn't end 150 years ago, with Abraham Lincoln's 1863 Emancipation Proclamation. Based on Douglas A. Blackmon's Pulitzer Prize-winning book, the film illuminates how in the years following the Civil War, insidious new forms of forced labor emerged in the American South, persisting until...

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Slavery By Another Name Behind the Scenes

Slavery By Another Name Behind the Scenes

Slavery By Another Name Behind the Scenes

Slavery in America didn't end 150 years ago.

Introduction

Introduction

Introduction

tpt reaches out to author Doug Blackmon to 'option' his book, then assembles the...

Michele Norris Reacts

Michele Norris Reacts

Michele Norris Reacts

NRP host Michele Norris responds to Blackmon's work and describes her own book about...

Premiere at Sundance

Premiere at Sundance

Premiere at Sundance

The producers reflect as the finished film premieres at the Sundance film festival...

Recreations on Location

Recreations on Location

Recreations on Location

The producers discuss bringing to life hidden history and long lost characters...

Tonya Groomes

Tonya Groomes

Tonya Groomes

Doug Blackmon describes being contacted by a number of descendants of characters in...

Discussions with Descendants

Discussions with Descendants

Discussions with Descendants

Blackmon discusses the issues of neo-slavery with descendants of victims and...