Nightjohn

Nightjohn (1996)

John is a man of many talents, including one forbidden skill: he can read. When he teaches a young slave girl named Sarny to read and write, she learns an unforgettable lesson about the power of words and the true meaning of freedom.

Date de sortie
1996-06-01
TMDB
6.2 / 10 (10)
Durée
1 h 32 min
Genres
Drame, Téléfilm
Réalisateur
Charles Burnett

Distribution

Anecdotes

  • Adapté de : Nightjohn
  • Tourné à : Rip Raps Plantation

Nightjohn is a 1996 American television drama film directed by Charles Burnett and written by Bill Cain, based on the 1993 novel of the same name by Gary Paulsen. It aired on Disney Channel as one of its Premiere Films, on June 1, 1996.

Production

Filmed on location in Gable, South Carolina at Rip Raps plantation, Nightjohn is a movie that depicts the lives of African American slaves in the antebellum South. Literacy plays an important part in the struggle for power between the slaves and their masters. The idea of keeping slaves illiterate was a tool for white Southerners to keep the slaves subordinate.

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