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Nightjohn

1996 · Charles Burnett · 92 min

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Words Are Freedom

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.

Beau BridgesClel WallerCarl LumblyNightjohnBill CobbsOld manKathleen YorkCallie WallerGabriel CasseusOutlawTom NowickiDr. ChamberlainJJoel TraywickJeff WallerAAllison JonesSarnyPPatty MackEvelynDDeborah DukeLetheDanny NelsonReverend Osee RushMMonica FordEgyptGGerald BrownJosephRRobin Michelle McClambSarnys Mother (as Robin McLamb-Vaughn)SSteven SutherlandAlan Bowen

Cast

Beau BridgesClel WallerCarl LumblyNightjohnBill CobbsOld manKathleen YorkCallie WallerGabriel CasseusOutlawTom NowickiDr. ChamberlainJJoel TraywickJeff WallerAAllison JonesSarnyPPatty MackEvelynDDeborah DukeLetheDanny NelsonReverend Osee RushMMonica FordEgyptGGerald BrownJosephRRobin Michelle McClambSarnys Mother (as Robin McLamb-Vaughn)SSteven SutherlandAlan Bowen

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