Nightjohn
PG-13 · 1996 ‧ Drama/Drama ‧ 1h 32m
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6.8/10 · IMDb
85% · Rotten Tomatoes
Literacy has enormous consequences for a slave (Carl Lumbly) and his young student in the pre-Civil War South.
Initial release: June 1, 1996
Director: Charles Burnett
Story by: Gary Paulsen
Distributed by: Netflix
Adapted from: Nightjohn
Editor: Dorian Harris
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The film is about a young slave girl named Sarny, played by Allison Jones, who lives a hopeless life on a Southern plantation. Her job is to take care of the ...
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Facing a life of servitude in the Antebellum South, a young slave named Sarny meets Nightjohn. He teaches her to read and write, and together they set to free ...
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Indisputably the best film about slavery and the antebellum South which can be watched by young teens. I love 12 Years A Slave and The Good Lord Bird, ...
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Wonderful movie that brought to light the truths of why keeping slaves illiterate was so important to slave owners. Very touching story...chock full of some ...
Nightjohn is a 1993 historical fiction novel by American author Gary Paulsen. It is about Southern American slavery shortly before the time of the American ...
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A 1920s English seaside town bears witness to a dark and absurd scandal in this riotous mystery comedy. Based on a stranger than fiction true story, the film ...
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In this uncompromising story of persecution and perseverance in the Antebellum South, former runaway slave Nightjohn (Carl Lumbly,
Firstly, in my opinion I think it has more details than the movie. The book has the same characters but in the book there is three sisters. The book had details ...
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