Facing a life of servitude in the Antebellum South, a young slave named Sarny meets Nightjohn. He teaches her to read and write, and together they set to free other slaves - until one planned escape is discovered.
1996
HD
92min
United States
English
Charles Burnett
Bill Cobbs
Beau Bridges
Carl Lumbly
Shannon Eubanks
Monica Ford
Tom Nowicki
Deborah Duke
Gabriel Casseus
Kathleen York
plantation
slave
teaching
reading
literacy
