Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble
It tore her world apart.
2000-04-23 | 120 minutes
Plot Summary
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
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Jane SeymourFanny Kemble Butler
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Keith CarradinePierce Butler
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Adewale Akinnuoye-AgbajeJoe
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Janet-Laine GreenElizabeth Sedgwick
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James KeachDr. Huston
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Arlene DuncanHarriet
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Eugene ByrdJack
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Sharon WashingtonPsyche
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Brett PorterOwen Parker
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Gerard ParkesCharles Kemble
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Jackie RichardsonDaphne
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Peter MensahQuaka
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Esther CañadasEsther
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Colin FoxJohn Quincy Adams
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