Why should you read Toni Morrison’s “Beloved”? - Yen Pham
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Two tiny handprints stamped into a cake. A mirror that shatters without warning. A trail of cracker crumbs strewn along the floor. Everyone at 124 Bluestone Road knows their home is haunted— but there’s no mystery about the spirit tormenting them. So begins “Beloved,” Toni Morrison’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama. Yen Pham digs into the novel's exploration of the dehumanizing effects of slavery.
Why do you think the experience of enslavement haunted the characters of “Beloved,” even after they were freed?
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Yen Pham
- Director Héloïse Dorsan Rachet
- Narrator Christina Greer
- Sound Designer Spencer Ward
- Music Salil Bhayani
- Director of Production Gerta Xhelo
- Editorial Director Alex Rosenthal
- Producer Bethany Cutmore-Scott
- Editorial Producer Dan Kwartler
- Script Editor Iseult Gillespie
- Fact-Checker Eden Girma
