this special feature from hbo a couple of year back be one of the best original program ever do for the network . worthy of pbs even . take the documented word of people who be enslave in this country and have their comment read to u be a wonderful idea and give viewer a more true insight for what the life of a slave be often like . it rip to piece all of those ignorant assumption over the year that slavery wasn not all that bad . only the bad kind of human be with a lack of education and common sense or human dignity could ever think such a thing in the first place . unfortunately though there be many people out there who fit that category . it be a stroke of genius to pick a handful of well know black celebrity to put a face on the people whose word they be read . even good these celebrity and for the most part and be actor who have the ability to convey the emotion and cadence of the language use . it be a if they transport you safely back in time and give you a glimpse of a world that have fortunately pass but unfortunately have be forget . and by that i mean that american and of all race and simply do not want to deal with the subject much . glad to see a tv special that tackle the subject honestly and do not sugarcoat the evil of this nation history . bravo to everyone involve . with that out of the way let me also address the clown komplikated ( might as well add the extra k ) and his blatantly ignorant comment on this special . he write the same junk on the hbo board and it annoying he be try to spread his dis information to every site he can . you can tell how disingenuous he be by state at first that he have hop to come away with some insight on the situation ( mean the history of slavery from those who live it ) but be instantly disappointed . absurd . i guess he be expect a program that be more pro slavery with comment from former slave who have nothing but praise for the life they lead before they be free . must have be too many viewing of go with the wind that make him think this . seriously though would anyone watch a special on the holocaust and expect the word of survivor to suggest that their experience in death camp to have be a treat and that the nazis weren not all that bad . of course not . komplikated write that the special be only film to provoke anger and serve no purpose other than to create resentment and blah and blah and blah . no and sir . the purpose be to educate and to give voice to those that suffer from such a sick institution such a slavery . it be a memorial to a chapter in this country history . people should be angry over what happen but i do not recall the program suggesting that any black person should go attack any white person because of what occur back in that time . he call it a racist propaganda that pour salt on open wound . laughable . it be racist to recite the word of former slave in which all they do be relay their own experience . the documentation of their suffering be propaganda . what ugly hyperbole . the problem with a lot of american ( specifically white one ) be that they be all about remember event in america favor . they will never grow tired of reading and hear about how american soldier fight so bravely during ww2 and how the u save france from germany . they do not tire of bring up ( in movie and novel and history text ) how the british empire be unfair to the american colony which lead to the american revolution . they do not tire of the frequent mention of all the american hero and all of the american good deed and all of the positive moment in american history . but when someone have the audacity to point out the flaw and the bad that occur in america and by the hand of american leader and citizen and and all of a sudden they can not handle it . they ignore it if at all possible and ask why be the people who be bring it up still live in the past . hypocrite . that be why a special like this go virtually ignore . it remind people of america ugly past and slap them with cold and hard truth . truth that go against their image of the usa and what it have stand for . that be why american do not have any problem not move on when it come to depict the nazi regime in germany in the 1930s and 1940s . but when it come to depict a non romanticized view of american slavery this country close it eye and cuff it ear and hum really loudly to ignore the fact . that a mark of insecurity . people like komplikated be stick in their way and can not be reach and frankly it pointless to even bother try . but for those of you out there who be truly objective and be capable of sit back and learn something then i would advise you watch this presentation . it not about whether this program be try to generate guilt or anger or sadness . it purpose be simply to foster more understanding on slavery effect on a people . and it do that splendidly i might add .