Film and the History of Slavery

Film has long shaped our nation's historical memory — for good and bad. Film historian Ron Briley offers ways to responsibly use films in the classroom to more accurately frame the narrative of American slavery and Reconstruction. Join host Hasan Kwame Jeffries, Ph.D., and Learning for Justice, a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). (This episode originally aired in 2018.) Visit the new resource page for this episode (2025) , which includes essential ideas and teaching recommendations from the conversation, updated resources, and a complete transcript.

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Film and the History of Slavery is an episode from Teaching Hard History: American Slavery by Learning for Justice.

This episode is 46:39 long.

This episode was published on Sep 17, 2025.

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