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Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble (2000)

Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble (2000)

Drama TV Movie

It tore her world apart.

Release Date: 2000, April 23
Directors: James Keach
Countries: United States of America
Production: Catfish Productions, LXD Inc., Showtime Networks
Cast: Sharon Washington, Esther Cañadas, Peter Mensah, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Eugene Byrd, Keith Carradine, François Klanfer, Arlene Duncan, Jane Seymour, James Keach, Gerard Parkes, Colin Fox

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.