Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble
2000
It tore her world apart.
- James Keach
- 1h 55m
- April 23, 2000 · United States of America
Overview
Fanny Kemble is a famous star of the English stage, but while touring the United States, she gives up her career to marry wealthy American Pierce Butler. Moving with him from Philadelphia to his Georgia plantation, Fanny sees slavery firsthand, and her outrage leads her to help the family's slaves in open defiance of her spouse. Undaunted by the consequences, Fanny eventually writes a book that strengthens the anti-slavery movement.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- April 23, 2000
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Catfish Productions,Showtime Networks,LXD Inc.
- Cast
- Jane Seymour,Keith Carradine,Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje,Janet-Laine Green,James Keach,Arlene Duncan,Eugene Byrd,Sharon Washington,Brett Porter,Gerard Parkesand 11 more
- Director
- James Keach
- Writer
- Christopher Lofton
- Cinematography
- Roland "Ozzie" Smith
- Music
- Charles Bernstein
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
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