Independent Lens
Ratified
Ratified brings to life the push to add the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution through the legal battle in Virginia—the final state needed to ratify the amendment.
Shared History
The great, great granddaughter of a slaveowner and a descendant of a slave seek to reconcile the connections between their families with the reality of slavery.
- Series
- PBS Plus Presentation
- Premiere Date
- February 1, 2006
- Length
- 60 minutes
- Funding Initiative
- Open Call
Producer
Felicia Furman
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The Film
Shared History is the intimate story of the relationship between families whose connection, forged in slavery, has endured to the present. The filmmaker, a great, great granddaughter of a slave owner and two descendants of enslaved families, seek to understand and reconcile the shared lives and affections between families in the context of slavery.
