Nightjohn(1996)
movie - first aired/released 1996-06-01 - 92 min - audience 6.2
Drama, TV Movie
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.
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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
- Gerald BrownJoseph
- Robin Michelle McClambSarnys Mother (as Robin McLamb-Vaughn)
- Steven SutherlandAlan Bowen
Shannon EubanksFanny Bowen- John P. Ford IIIArthur Waller
- John HerinaHomer Waller
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