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Nightjohn

1996, Movie, PG-13, 96 mins

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NIGHTJOHN is a sober addition to the acclaimed oeuvre of filmmaker Charles Burnett (1990's TO SLEEP WITH ANGER). Pulling no punches, Burnett and screenwriter Bill Cain unleash a despairing portrait of 19th-century American slavery while creating a hopeful folktale about the power of literacy. Separated from her slave mother, young Sarny (Allison Jones) is raised by her mother's friend, Delie (Lorraine Toussaint), on the plantation of reprehensible Clel Waller (Beau Bridges)... read more leave a comment

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Year: 1996
Rated PG-13
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Cast
 Beau Bridges: Clel Waller
Carl Lumbly: Nightjohn
Lorraine Toussaint: Delie
Bill Cobbs: Old Man
Allison Jones: Sarny
Kathleen York: Mrs. Callie Waller

 

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