The Heritage of Slavery (1968)

1968 · Short film · 33 min · dir. Peter Davis

• Documentary

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Synopsis

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. The cameras capture a sermon by Rev. Henry Butler of the Mother Emmanuel AME Church (where Denmark Vesey planned an unsuccessful slave revolt in 1822 and Dylan Roof would later kill 9 church members in 2015). In Part 2, the cameras…

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Details

Director

Peter Davis

Writer

Peter Davis

Released

1968-08-13

Running time

33 minutes

Cast & crew

• Peter Davis Director
• George Foster
• LLerone Bennett Jr.
• HHenry Butler
• FFannie Lou Hamer
• JJames E. Turner

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