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Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

Inspired by David Blight's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom.

Director

Julia Marchesi

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McGee Media,Inkwell Media

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Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. 2 nominations total

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Henry Louis Gates Jr.

(voice)

Jonathan Majors

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Kenneth B. Morris Jr.

Denzel Whitaker

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I have no love for America. - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

I have no love for America.

As such, I have no patriotism.
I have no country. - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

As such, I have no patriotism. I have no country.

The institutions of this country
do not know me, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

The institutions of this country do not know me,

I am not thought of or spoken of - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

I am not thought of or spoken of

Now, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

Imagine that you had
to dispel doubts - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

Imagine that you had to dispel doubts

Imagine having to fight to show - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

Imagine having to fight to show

That was the life
of Frederick Douglass. - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

That was the life of Frederick Douglass.

More than 20 years of my life - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

More than 20 years of my life

I grew up to manhood
eating the bread - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

I grew up to manhood eating the bread

He could take you,
in a single sentence sometimes, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

He could take you, in a single sentence sometimes,

Here's what it's doing
to the nation." - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

Here's what it's doing to the nation."

He has to learn
to overcome his own fear. - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

He has to learn to overcome his own fear.

He has to see brutality,
but live past it. - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

He has to see brutality, but live past it.

The desire for freedom
only needed a favorable breeze - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

The desire for freedom only needed a favorable breeze

I left that plantation
with inexpressible joy. - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

I left that plantation with inexpressible joy.

Going to live at Baltimore
opened the gateway - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

Going to live at Baltimore opened the gateway

David Blight:
Baltimore made it possible
for Douglass - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

David Blight: Baltimore made it possible for Douglass

She was just a kind,
Christian lady with this heart, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

She was just a kind, Christian lady with this heart,

But alas, this kind heart - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

But alas, this kind heart

Mr. Auld found out
what was going on, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

Mr. Auld found out what was going on,

He was very clever in the way
that he went about doing that. - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

He was very clever in the way that he went about doing that.

He would carry bread
in his pocket, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

He would carry bread in his pocket,

He picks up scraps of the
King James version of the Bible - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

He picks up scraps of the King James version of the Bible

Blight:
He tells us that he first sees - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

Blight: He tells us that he first sees

He's trapped in this world
of enslavement, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

He's trapped in this world of enslavement,

On Monday, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

This is one of the most
unusual escape stories - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

This is one of the most unusual escape stories

There are no bloodhounds - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

There are no bloodhounds

In the summer of 1841, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

In the summer of 1841,

But once asked to speak,
he got up and simply told - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

But once asked to speak, he got up and simply told

I feel greatly embarrassed - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

I feel greatly embarrassed

I'm not used to
speaking to them. - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

I'm not used to speaking to them.

And it makes me tremble
when doing so - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

And it makes me tremble when doing so

My friends, I've come to tell
you something about slavery. - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

My friends, I've come to tell you something about slave...

When I came North, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

When I came North,

They were acquainted
with its deadly effects - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

They were acquainted with its deadly effects

But although they can
tell you its history, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

But although they can tell you its history,

They cannot refer you to a back
covered with scars as I can. - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

They cannot refer you to a back covered with scars as I can.

I have suffered under the lash - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

I have suffered under the lash

My blood has sprung out - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

My blood has sprung out

I'm not from any of the states
where slaves are said to be - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

I'm not from any of the states where slaves are said to...

Yet, I can stand here
and relate atrocities - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

Yet, I can stand here and relate atrocities

I lived on the plantation
of Colonel Lloyd - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

I lived on the plantation of Colonel Lloyd

He owned probably not less
than a thousand slaves. - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

He owned probably not less than a thousand slaves.

And I mention
the name of the man - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

And I mention the name of the man

Yet for the sake of the cause
of the sake of humanity, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

Yet for the sake of the cause of the sake of humanity,

For I have the gratification
to know that if I shall fall - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

For I have the gratification to know that if I shall fall

What's interesting
is I feel like - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

What's interesting is I feel like

In his early 20s,
having to deliver this, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

In his early 20s, having to deliver this,

But at the same time, too,
like, he's already suffered - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

But at the same time, too, like, he's already suffered

It was like something
entered his body, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

It was like something entered his body,

It was so compelling, however, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

It was so compelling, however,

Roy:
Once William Lloyd Garrison
hears Douglass - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

Roy: Once William Lloyd Garrison hears Douglass

The Massachusetts
Anti-Slavery Society - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

The Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society

Many came,
no doubt, from curiosity - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

Many came, no doubt, from curiosity

(chuckles) - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

Blight:
Audiences loved this. - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

Blight: Audiences loved this.

Holland:
"Tell your story, Frederick," - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

Holland: "Tell your story, Frederick,"

He's beginning
to kind of burst out - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

He's beginning to kind of burst out

"Just stick to the facts, Fred,"
you know, um, you know, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

"Just stick to the facts, Fred," you know, um, you...

"Nobody's going to believe
that anyone who sounds - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

"Nobody's going to believe that anyone who sounds

Without question,
Frederick Douglass - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

Without question, Frederick Douglass

His book is not only a testimony - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

His book is not only a testimony

Holland:
The publishing of my narrative - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

Holland: The publishing of my narrative

I experienced that
the first time I went to Europe, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

I experienced that the first time I went to Europe,

Blight:
When Douglass returned
from England - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

Blight: When Douglass returned from England

This is a much
more militant Douglass - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

This is a much more militant Douglass

I have no patriotism. - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

I have no patriotism.

That here are men and brethren, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

That here are men and brethren,

Identified with me
by their hatred of slavery. - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

Identified with me by their hatred of slavery.

Identified with me by their love - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

Identified with me by their love

Identified with me
by the stripes upon their backs, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

Identified with me by the stripes upon their backs,

Attaches me to this land, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

Attaches me to this land,

"What good will this do
or what good has it done? - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

"What good will this do or what good has it done?

"Have you not irritated, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

"Have you not irritated,

I am anxious to irritate - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

I am anxious to irritate

As it is in physics,
so in morals. - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

As it is in physics, so in morals.

There are cases
which demand irritation - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

There are cases which demand irritation

The conscience
of the American public - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

The conscience of the American public

And I would blister it all over, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

And I would blister it all over,

Frederick is 30 years old
in this moment, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

Frederick is 30 years old in this moment,

That it's crushing
them to the earth, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

That it's crushing them to the earth,

Just made me want to
say those words - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

Just made me want to say those words

Blight:
He was so angry, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

Blight: He was so angry,

Nothing more dramatic
could have recalculated - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

Nothing more dramatic could have recalculated

Blight:
Garrisonians will be
extremely angry about this. - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

Blight: Garrisonians will be extremely angry about this.

How can I show I'm a man?" - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

How can I show I'm a man?"

He could command
crowds of thousands. - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

He could command crowds of thousands.

He wrote millions of words, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

He wrote millions of words,

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Inspired by David Blight's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom.

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Director: Julia Marchesi

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Production: McGee Media,Inkwell Media

Genre: documentary

Year: 2022

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ImdbRating: 7.7

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Released: 23 Feb 2022

Awards: Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. 2 nominations total

Homepage: https://www.hbo.com/movies/frederick-douglass-in-five-speeches