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Stamped from the Beginning

There was something about poetry, which was a fine art, which meant Africanscould...

There was something about poetry, which was a fine art, which meant Africans
could experience emotions beyond the trifling

Full Transcript

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There was something about poetry,
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which was a fine art,
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which meant Africans could experience emotions
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beyond the trifling.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:26:31
Uploaded
Apr 12, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
One Story Up Productions,story27

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Movie Summary

A hybrid documentary/scripted feature based on Dr. Kendi's National Book Award-winning "Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas".
♪ Sing your praise without knowing... ♪ - Stamped from the Beginning 00:35
♪ Sing your praise without knowing... ♪
{\an8}[Morgan] In that interrogation, - Stamped from the Beginning 00:12
{\an8}[Morgan] In that interrogation,
[sinuous music playing] - Stamped from the Beginning 00:19
[sinuous music playing]
[Jeffers] Every Black woman has a Phillis Wheatley moment. - Stamped from the Beginning 00:07
[Jeffers] Every Black woman has a Phillis Wheatley moment.
[introspective music playing] - Stamped from the Beginning 00:05
[introspective music playing]
♪ Times have really, really changed ♪ - Stamped from the Beginning 00:12
♪ Times have really, really changed ♪
♪ You don't really get to walk away... ♪ - Stamped from the Beginning 00:09
♪ You don't really get to walk away... ♪
I mean, what's at stake is the entire colonial economy. - Stamped from the Beginning 00:06
I mean, what's at stake is the entire colonial economy.
That's what it needs. It does not need or want Black art. - Stamped from the Beginning 00:06
That's what it needs. It does not need or want Black ar...
♪ Is it always gonna stay the same... ♪ - Stamped from the Beginning 00:44
♪ Is it always gonna stay the same... ♪
[mournful choral music playing] - Stamped from the Beginning 00:05
[mournful choral music playing]
[Jeffers] When we think about white supremacy, - Stamped from the Beginning 00:12
[Jeffers] When we think about white supremacy,
[choral music continues] - Stamped from the Beginning 00:11
[choral music continues]
People want to erase American history as it truly was. - Stamped from the Beginning 00:08
People want to erase American history as it truly was.
White supremacy has been embedded - Stamped from the Beginning 00:09
White supremacy has been embedded
[ominous music playing] - Stamped from the Beginning 00:09
[ominous music playing]
Thomas "Contradiction" Jefferson. [chuckles] - Stamped from the Beginning 00:07
Thomas "Contradiction" Jefferson. [chuckles]
[laughs] - Stamped from the Beginning 00:05
[laughs]
He was someone who was very well aware of the atrocities that existed in slavery. - Stamped from the Beginning 00:08
He was someone who was very well aware of the atrocities tha...
He wasn't willing to let go of that divide because of what slavery did for... - Stamped from the Beginning 00:07
He wasn't willing to let go of that divide because of w...