Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
Brief Synopsis
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At the beginning of the Civil War, Union gunboats sailed into Port Royal Sound, on the Sea Islands off the coast of Georgia. White plantation owners fled, and the 10,000 blacks who lived there, almost all of whom were slaves, were freed in the first test of President Abraham Lincoln's dream of emanc
Cast & Crew
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Barry Crane
Director
Anna Maria Horsford
Glynn Turman
Melba Moore
Bruce Mcgill
Micki Grant
Film Details
Also Known As
American Playhouse (02/25/85)
Release Date
1985
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
Synopsis
At the beginning of the Civil War, Union gunboats sailed into Port Royal Sound, on the Sea Islands off the coast of Georgia. White plantation owners fled, and the 10,000 blacks who lived there, almost all of whom were slaves, were freed in the first test of President Abraham Lincoln's dream of emancipation. Charlotte Forten, a 21-year-old educated black woman, helped the freed slaves to begin to build a new society. That experience forms the plot of this drama, based on Charlotte Forten's journals, which was telecast on "American Playhouse."
Director
Barry Crane
Director
Cast
Anna Maria Horsford
Glynn Turman
Melba Moore
Bruce Mcgill
Micki Grant
Moses Gunn
Jay Patterson
Ned Beatty
Carla Borelli
Mary Alice
Vyto Ruginis
Rodrick Wimberly
Crew
Ariane Brandt
Other
Yanna Kroyt Brandt
Producer
John N Carter
Editor
Carl Copeland
Production Designer
Charlotte Forten
Other
Pat Golden
Casting
William Hauptmann
Writer (Dialogue)
Preston L. Holmes
Production Manager
Preston L. Holmes
Associate Producer
Dr Nathan Huggins
Consultant
Lindsay Law
Executive Producer
Peter Link
Music
Shep Morgan
Executive Producer
Juan Rodriguez
Sound
Paul A Simmons
Costumes
Dr Robert Toplin
Consultant
Dr Robert Toplin
Project Director
Joseph M Wilcots
Director Of Photography
Samm-art Williams
Writer
Film Details
Also Known As
American Playhouse (02/25/85)
Release Date
1985
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
