Unearthed and Understood
Unearthed and Understood is a documentary produced by the President's Commission on Slavery and the University at the University of Virginia. The film, produced and directed by Eduardo Montes-Bradley for Heritage Film Project, premiered at the "Universities Confronting the Legacy of Slavery" symposium in Charlottesville on October 16, 2014.
Argument
In a series of interviews with members of the President's Commission on Slavery and the University, the film expresses current state of affairs, concerns and hopes for the work ahead as the University of Virginia investigates its painful past of slavery and slave trade.The President's Commission on Slavery and the University objective is to provide recommendations on the commemoration of the University of Virginia's historical relationship to slavery. It was established in September 2013. Unearthed and Understood is its first documentary presentation.
Billing Block
| Name | Director | Producer | Interviewed | Notes |
| University of Virginia | Presidents Commission on Slavery and the University | |||
| Heritage Film Project | Production Entity | |||
| Eduardo Montes-Bradley | Producer, writer, cinematographer, editor | |||
| Teresa A. Sullivan | President of the University of Virginia | |||
| Dr. Marcus Martin | Executive Producer. Co-chair PCSU, Vice President and Chief Officer for Diversity and Equity | |||
| Rita Dove | ||||
| University of Virginia | Producer | |||
| Meghan Saunders Faulkner | Production Coordinator | |||
| Soledad Liendo | Line Producer | |||
| Kirt vonDaacke | Executive Producer. Co-chair PCSU, Associate Professor of History. Historian, Author. | |||
| Julian Bond | ||||
| Larry Sabato | Interviewed in Washington, DC | |||
| Benjamin P. Ford | Principal Investigator at Rivanna Archeological Services, LLC | |||
| Kelley Deetz | Postdoctoral Research Associate | |||
| Rev. Dr. Alvin Edwards | Mt. Zion First African Baptist Church | |||
| Ervin Jordan | Associate Professor and Special Collections Research Archivist | |||
| Andrea Douglas | Director of the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center | |||
| Lynn Rainville | ||||
| Edna Turay | Member of Memorial for Enslaved Laborers | |||
| Rev. Hodari Hamilton | First Baptist Church | |||
| Rev. Lloyd Cosby | Zion Union Baptist Church | |||
| Lucia "Cinder" Stanton | Monticello's Shannon Senior Historian. Author | |||
| Maurie McInnis | Professor of Art History and Vice Provost for Academic Affairs | |||
| Tierney Fairchild | Chair of the U.Va. IDEA Fund | |||
| Alex Johnson | Professor in the School of Law | |||
| Deborah E. McDowell | Professor of English and Director of the Carter G. Woodson Institute of African-American and African Studies |