Nightjohn

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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  Charles Burnett

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  Beau Bridges
  Clel Waller
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  Carl Lumbly
  Nightjohn
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  Bill Cobbs
  Old man
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  Kathleen York
  Callie Waller
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  Gabriel Casseus
  Outlaw
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  Tom Nowicki
  Dr. Chamberlain
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  Joel Traywick
  Jeff Waller
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  Allison Jones
  Sarny
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  Patty Mack
  Evelyn
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  Deborah Duke
  Lethe
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  Danny Nelson
  Reverend Osee Rush
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  Monica Ford
  Egypt
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  Gerald Brown
  Joseph
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  Robin Michelle McClamb
  Sarnys Mother (as Robin McLamb-Vaughn)
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  Steven Sutherland
  Alan Bowen
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  Shannon Eubanks
  Fanny Bowen
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  John P. Ford III
  Arthur Waller
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  John Herina
  Homer Waller
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  Jordan Williams
  James G. Waller
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  Bill Gribble
  Tom - Slave Trader