Nightjohn [DVD] / Hallmark Entertainment and Sarabande Productions in association with the Disney Channel ; produced by Dennis Stuart Murphy ; teleplay by Bill Cain based on the book by Gary Paulsen ; directed by Charles Burnett.
Format:
[DVD] /
Publisher:
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment,
Copyright Date:
2013?
Description:
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color, DVD video ; 4 3/4 in.
Beau Bridges, Carl Lumbly, Lorraine Toussaint, Bill Cobbs, Kathleen York, Gabriel Casseus, Allison Jones. Originally produced for television in 1996. Based on the novel by Gary Paulsen.
Summary:
Twelve-year-old Sarny's brutal life as a slave on the Waller plantation becomes even more dangerous when a newly arrived slave, Nightjohn, offers to teach her how to read.
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