Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble (2000)

6.8/10 • 120 min • Drama TV Movie

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.

Cast

Jane Seymour

Fanny Kemble Butler

Keith Carradine

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

Janet-Laine Green

Elizabeth Sedgwick

James Keach

Arlene Duncan

Eugene Byrd

Sharon Washington

Brett Porter

Gerard Parkes

Charles Kemble

Jackie Richardson

Peter Mensah

Quaka

Colin Fox

John Quincy Adams

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