Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble

Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble

It tore her world apart.

2000 · 115 min · ★ 6.8 · Drama, TV Movie

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.

Directed by James Keach · Written by Christopher Lofton

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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
Kayla Perlmutter Young Sarah
Bernard Browne Sam Swift

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