Synopsis
James Mink is a black man in Canada who has built a very successful livery business, and enjoys a white wife and a beautiful daughter, Mary. An excellent match is arranged with an American businessman, but when he takes his new wife Mary across the border his true character emerges - he sells her into slavery. James and Elizabeth must go to Virginia to rescue their daughter.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
4 audience votes
Key crew
- Neil SmolarOriginal Music Composer
- Bruce PittmanDirector
Cast
- Louis Gossett Jr.James Mink
- Kate NelliganElizabeth Mink
- Ruby DeeIndigo
- Peter OuterbridgeWilliam Johnson
- Michael Jai WhiteElroy
- Rachael CrawfordMary Mink
- Don FrancksRisser
- Aron TagerConductor
- J. Winston CarrollStage driver
Stills
Themes
slaveryinterracial relationshipracismescape from slavery