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Film / 1996
Nightjohn
Directed by
Charles Burnett
John is a man of many talents, including one forbidden skill: he can read. When he teaches a young slave girl named Sarny to read and write, she learns an unforgettable lesson about the power of words and the true meaning of freedom.
The story
John is a man of many talents, including one forbidden skill: he can read. When he teaches a young slave girl named Sarny to read and write, she learns an unforgettable lesson about the power of words and the true meaning of freedom.
Cast
Beau BridgesClel Waller
Carl LumblyNightjohn
Bill CobbsOld man
Kathleen YorkCallie Waller
Gabriel CasseusOutlaw
Tom NowickiDr. Chamberlain
Joel TraywickJeff Waller
Allison JonesSarny
Patty MackEvelyn
Deborah DukeLethe
Danny NelsonReverend Osee Rush
Monica FordEgypt
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Gerald BrownJoseph
Robin Michelle McClambSarnys Mother (as Robin McLamb-Vaughn)
Steven SutherlandAlan Bowen
Shannon EubanksFanny Bowen
John P. Ford IIIArthur Waller
John HerinaHomer Waller
Jordan WilliamsJames G. Waller
Bill GribbleTom - Slave Trader
Bruce EversPatroller #1
James MayberryPatroller #2
Antwan IsaacYoung Man
Alecia I. GaineySarny (age 4)
Lorraine ToussaintDealey
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