Krystin Ver Linden to Direct Slavery Drama ‘Alice’

[hewontgo]

Krystin Ver Linden to direct slavery drama "Alice" for Stampede, Steel Springs (EXCLUSIVE) https://t.co/waQzeigs2K
- Variety (@Variety) September 16, 2019
Krystin Ver Linden is set to write and direct “Alice,” a slavery drama

Comments

[yeezus_christ]

let me guess, the secret is that africans and african-americans have been legally freed from the bondage of slavery for decades.

when the fuck is someone going to give me a series about the intricacies of life in the colonies during and after the antebellum south?!

[analievelyn]

sis, we will have to make it ourself tbh. :(

[frejasface]

Maybe it's a twist like in "The Village"

[mistycreed]

That was my first thought

[vibeology_e]

Same.

[squirrels_oh_no]

Yep

[kawaiiairbender]

That's what i thought

Maybe ours a movie based on the findings that people were slaves till the 1970s

[sandstorm]

That was a real this, in the deep South there were pockets that enslaved people didn't know they were legally free until the 60s.

[yeezus_christ]

yea, i know. i just really want more stories from that period that show a wider spectrum of experiences of the people enslaved during that time.

[spankmypirate]

As a European this is blowing my mind. I had no idea this used to happen.

Are there any narratives or books where I could read more about this?

[marvelhill]

I don't have any books to rec, but will check back and see if anyone does. Juneteenth is a big deal in Texas... 2 years after the proclamation...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juneteenth

[spankmypirate]

I'd learned about Juneteenth from Roots, believe it or not. Our history classes at school were abysmal! Thank you for the link.

[mistycreed]

There's a Vice article
www.vice.com/amp/en_us/article/437573/blacks-were-enslaved-well-into-the-1960s

[spankmypirate]

Thank you for the link! I've def got some reading up to do

[savannah_rose24]

Slavery by another name by Douglas A Blackmon talks about the reenslavement of black people after the civil war.

Also, this article.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/people.com/archive/the-last-slaves-of-mississippi-vol-67-no-12/amp/

[spankmypirate]

Thank you!