- HD 1080
- Runtime: 92m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Charles Burnett
- Stars: Beau Bridges, Carl Lumbly, Bill Cobbs, Gabriel Casseus, Deborah Duke
- keywords: plantation, slave, reading, teaching, literacy
- Production_studio: Hallmark Entertainment, Sarabande Productions, Signboard Films Production Inc.
- Slogan: Words Are Freedom
- providers: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
John is a man of many talents, including one forbidden skill: he can read. 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.
