Synopsis
In the aftermath of the terrible Civil War which has devastated the South, Amanda America Dixon returns home to find she has become the sole heir to a vast cotton plantation. But the dreadful secret which has blighted her life threatens to deprive her of the birthright which her beloved father David had struggled for so long to create. Raised by her father and grandmother to be the perfect white Southern Belle, Amanda's true mother was a black slave Julia. Confronted with the forces of greed and bigotry, Amanda has to face not only the hatred of a racist world, but the complex truth of a family whose lives have been built on a lie.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
4 audience votes
Key crew
- John Kent HarrisonDirector
- Paris QuallesScreenplay
Cast
- Sam WaterstonDavid Dickson
- Jennifer BealsAmanda Dickson
- LisaGay HamiltonJulia
- Tim DalyCharles Dubose
- Shirley DouglasElizabeth Dickson
- Sean McCannRutherford
- Ron WhiteHenry Dickson
- Colin FoxDoctor Lovick
- Adrian HoughLt. Brooks
- Alison Sealy-SmithRuth
- Gerard ParkesJudge Stevens
- Dara PerlmutterAmanda (age 10)
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Themes
slaverygeorgialast will and testamentcourtroom drama