An hour with Oprah Winfrey about the film "Beloved"

with Oprah Winfrey
in Movies, TV & Theater, Books
on Thursday, October 29, 1998 * * * * *

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An hour conversation with talks show host Oprah Winfrey about her role in the movie adaptation of Toni Morrison's "Beloved", which chronicles the legacy of slavery through the eyes of Sethe and her daughter Denver, both escaped slaves. She discusses how the troubling book personally affected her, how the movie came together, important moments in African-American history and her experiences working with Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison.

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slavery
Toni Morrison
Pulitzer Prize
Black history
Oprah Winfrey
Beloved

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    1. defending O  08/06/2008 10:12 PM Report

      I really enjoyed the movie and was suprised it was so poorly reviewed (and yeah, I mean the reviews were poorly done).

    2. Nathan  08/06/2008 09:13 PM Report

      Did Oprah or one of Oprah's people tell them which type of camera lens to use? Because I felt like I was watching a soap opera.