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Nightjohn is a 1996 American television drama film directed by Charles Burnett and written by Bill Cain, based on the 1993 novel of the same name by Gary Paulsen. It aired on Disney Channel as one of its Premiere Films, on June 1, 1996.
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Jun 1, 1996 · Nightjohn is a 1996 drama film based on a novel by Gary Paulsen. It tells the story of a slave girl who learns to read and write from a teacher named Nightjohn and tries to escape with other slaves.
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- Drama
- Charles Burnett
- 1996-06-01
Facing a life of servitude in the Antebellum South, a young slave named Sarny meets Nightjohn. He teaches her to read and write, and together they set to free other slaves - until one planned escape is discovered.
Literacy has enormous consequences for a slave (Carl Lumbly) and his young student in the pre-Civil War South.
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- Charles Burnett
- PG-13
- Carl Lumbly
Nightjohn is a 1993 historical fiction novel by American author Gary Paulsen. It is about Southern American slavery shortly before the time of the American Civil War. In 1996, it was later made into a movie of the same name. Plot summary. The novel is set on a plantation owned by a man named Waller in the Southern United States in the early ...
In this uncompromising story of persecution and perseverance in the Antebellum South, former runaway slave Nightjohn (Carl Lumbly, "Alias") brings hope and the chance of freedom to slaves on cruel Clel Waller's (Beau Bridges, "The Descendants") tobacco plantation.
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Jun 1, 1996 · When he teaches a young slave girl named Sarny to read and write, she learns an unforgettable lesson about the power of words and the true meaning of freedom. John is a man of many talents, including one forbidden skill: he can read.
