Nightjohn [videorecording] / Hallmark Entertainment ; Sarabande Productions in association with the Disney Channel ; produced by Dennis Stuart Murphy ; directed by Charles Burnett ; teleplay by Bill Cain.
Beau Bridges, Carl Lumbly, Lorraine Toussaint, Bill Cobbs, Kathleen York, Gabriel Casseus, Tom Nowicki, Joel Thomas Traywick, Allison Jones. Based on the book by Gary Paulsen. Originally produced as a made-for-television motion picture in 1996.
Summary:
The story of a young slave girl and the man who, at great risk to each other, teaches her to read, opening up a whole new world for her.
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