Nightjohn

  (1996)
John (Carl Lumbly) 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. A wonderful movie about the power of literacy and the risk it took to educate slaves in the Ante-Bellum South before the heartbreak of the Civil War. Co-stars Beau Bridges. Charles Burnett directs.
Starring: Beau Bridges, Carl Lumbly
Director: Charles Burnett
Genre:  Drama
Format:  DVD
Language: English
Rated PG-13For some scenes of racial oppression and abuse
Nightjohn
 
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