NightJohn
(2005)
Fiction
DVD
Call Numbers:
DVD/DRAMA/NIGHTJOHN
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
La Crosse, WI : Platinum Disc, [2005]
©2005
©2005
DESCRIPTION
1 videodisc (approximately 96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
ISBN/ISSN
6309300555 31789, 096009317898
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Based on the book by Gary Paulsen
When a new slave named NightJohn is brought to the plantation, he opens a whole new world for Sarny because he has forbidden talents. He can read and also he can teach. As she learns to read she learns the power of words and the unconquerable strength of the human spirit
Directed by Charles Burnett ; teleplay by Bill Cain
Beau Bridges, Carl Lumbly, Lorraine Toussaint, Bill Cobbs, Kathleen York, Gabriel Casseus, Allison Jones
Rated PG-13
DVD
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired