# Why should you read Toni Morrison's "Beloved"?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED-Ed
- Speaker: Yen Pham
- Year: 2021
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: History, Literature and writing, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/yen_pham_why_should_you_read_toni_morrison_s_beloved)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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. \[Directed by Héloïse Dorsan Rachet, narrated by Christina Greer, music by Salil Bhayani\].

## Lectures

1. [Why should you read Toni Morrison's "Beloved"?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/yen_pham_why_should_you_read_toni_morrison_s_beloved/fa3c642e4891), 5 min (TED's player)