Unearthed & Understood is a documentary produced by the President's Commission on Slavery and the university at the University of Virginia.International Movie Data Base The film, produced and directed by Eduardo Montes-Bradley for Heritage Film Project, premiered at the "Universities Confronting the Legacy of Slavery" symposium in Charlottesville on October 16, 2014.UVA Magazine. “Examining Slavery at the University”UVA Today | U.Va. Group Honors Unknown Slaves at Burial Site, Sets Stage for Future Work. October 16th, 2014.
Argument In a series of interviews with members of the President's Commission on Slavery and the university, the film expresses current state of affairs, concerns and hopes for the work ahead as the University of Virginia investigates its painful past of slavery and slave trade.Kirt vonDaacke presents Eduardo Montes-Bradley at the Heritage Center before the screening of the film Unearthed and Understood: Slavery at the University of Virginia October 16th, 2014 African American Heritage Center, Charlottesville, VA. The President's Commission on Slavery and the university objective is to provide recommendations on the commemoration of the University of Virginia's historical relationship to slavery. It was established in September 2013. Unearthed and Understood is its first documentary presentation.University of Virginia Lifetime Learning
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Name Director Producer Interviewed Notes University of VirginiaPresidents Commission on Slavery and the university Heritage Film ProjectProduction Entity Eduardo Montes-BradleyProducer, writer, cinematographer, editor Teresa A. SullivanPresident of the University of Virginia Dr. Marcus Martin Executive Producer. Co-chair PCSU, Vice President and Chief Officer for Diversity and EquityRita Dove University of VirginiaProducer Meghan Saunders FaulknerProduction Coordinator Soledad LiendoLine ProducerKirt vonDaackeExecutive Producer. Co-chair PCSU, Associate Professor of History. Historian, Author.Julian BondLarry SabatoInterviewed in Washington, DCBenjamin P. FordPrincipal Investigator at Rivanna Archeological Services, LLCKelley Deetz Postdoctoral Research Associate Rev. Dr. Alvin Edwards Mt. Zion First African Baptist ChurchErvin JordanAssociate Professor and Special Collections Research ArchivistAndrea DouglasDirector of the Jefferson School African American Heritage CenterLynn RainvilleEdna Turay Member of Memorial for Enslaved LaborersRev. Hodari HamiltonFirst Baptist ChurchRev. Lloyd CosbyZion Union Baptist ChurchLucia "Cinder" StantonMonticello's Shannon Senior Historian. AuthorMaurie McInnisProfessor of Art History and Vice Provost for Academic AffairsTierney FairchildChair of the U.Va. IDEA FundAlex Johnson Professor in the School of LawDeborah E. McDowellProfessor of English and Director of the Carter G. Woodson Institute of African-American and African Studies
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External links Official UVA YouTube Site Universities Confronting the Legacy of Slavery McCarthy, Ginger. "Slavery at the University of Virginia: Reception, film and panel discussion." Examiner OnLine Panel Discusses History of Slavery at UVA. NBC Channel 29 Bromley, Anne. "From Kitchens to Gravesites: Commission Explores History of Slavery at U.Va." UVA Today. Charlottesville, September 11, 2014