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

Pierce Butler

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

Joe

Janet-Laine Green

Elizabeth Sedgwick

James Keach

Dr. Huston

Arlene Duncan

Harriet

Eugene Byrd

Jack

Sharon Washington

Psyche

Brett Porter

Owen Parker

Gerard Parkes

Charles Kemble

Jackie Richardson

Daphne

Peter Mensah

Quaka

Colin Fox

John Quincy Adams

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