Prisoner being disciplined by being hog tied to a pickaxe in the middle of prison grounds
Tonight, February 13, 2012, at 9pm EST PBS will air Director Sam Pollard's gripping documentary, Slavery By Another Name. Based on journalist Douglas Blackmon's Pulitzer Prize-winning book of the same name and narrated by actor Laurence Fishburne, the film takes a hard look at the paralleles between slavery and the prison system. Featuring intimate interviews with historians and descendants of slaves, as well as vivid reenactments, Slavery By Another Name makes for a powerful body of work by the longtime Spike Lee collaborator. Â Click here to read Pollard's full interview with BlackEnterprise.com and review exclusive images from the doc on the following pages.more
Archival photo of Black convicts in prison stripes
Prison official overseeing prison work detail
Archive photo of young Black convicts in prison barracks
Prisoner being disciplined by being hog tied to a pickaxe in the middle of prison grounds
Archival photo of African American prisoner on downtime during manual labor detail
Pollard (far left) directs a scene from Slavery By Another Name
A reenactment scene from Slavery By Another name of convicts being escorted through the swamp
Director Sam Pollard on set of Slavery By Another Name