Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
1985
Romance, Comedy
TV Episode
1h 53m
Drama based on the true story of Charlotte Forten, a young black woman who became an integral part of President Lincoln's "great experiment." During the Civil War, Southern troops were forced off the Sea Islands off the coast of Georgia, which left 8,000 slaves as free. Miss Forten's mission was to journey south to Sea Island and lead those slaves in the transition from slavery to freedom, where she sought to give newly freed black children a decent education and chance for a better life
Starring:
Bruce McGill
87 total credits
Credits include: Collateral, Shallow Hal, Cinderella Man, Matchstick Men and My Cousin Vinny
108 total credits
Ned Thomas Beatty is an American actor who has appeared in more than 100 films and has been nominated for an Academy Award, two Emmy Awards, an MTV Movie Award for Best Villain and a Golden Globe Award; won a Drama Desk Award. These nominations stemmed from his performances in films and television series like Network (1976), Friendly Fire (1979), Last Train Home (1990), Hear My Song (1991), the adaptation film "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (2004) and Toy Story 3 (2010)...(Wikipedia)
40 total credits
Credits include: Friday, Nutty Professor II: The Klumps, Along Came a Spider, Presumed Innocent and Friday After Next
75 total credits
New York City-born African-American actor Glynn Turman enjoyed his first real taste of acting success at the age of 13 originating the role of Travis Younger on Broadway in Lorraine Hansberry's landmark play "A Raisin in the Sun" in 1959 opposite Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, Claudia McNeil and Diana Sands as his various family members. While he did not play the role when it transferred to film in 1961, he intensified his studies at the renown High School of Performing Arts in New York. Upon graduat
34 total credits
Credits include: The NeverEnding Story, Rollerball, Shaft, Heartbreak Ridge and Firestarter
5 total credits
Credits include: All Dogs Go to Heaven, Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom, Lost in the Stars, Flip and Ellis Island
8 total credits
Credits include: Places in the Heart, Death of a President, Street Smart, McBain and American Perfekt
3 total credits
Credits include: Asylum of Satan, Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom and Indian Cowboy
19 total credits
Credits include: To Sleep with Anger, Sunshine State, Beat Street, A Different World and Down in the Delta
2 total credits
Credits include: Sankofa and Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
11 total credits
Credits include: Jumpin' Jack Flash, Burglar, The Gray Man, The Last Run and Descending Angel
2 total credits
Credits include: Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom and The Marva Collins Story
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Starring:
Bruce McGill 87 total credits
Credits include: Collateral, Shallow Hal, Cinderella Man, Matchstick Men and My Cousin Vinny
108 total credits
Ned Thomas Beatty is an American actor who has appeared in more than 100 films and has been nominated for an Academy Award, two Emmy Awards, an MTV Movie Award for Best Villain and a Golden Globe Award; won a Drama Desk Award. These nominations stemmed from his performances in films and television series like Network (1976), Friendly Fire (1979), Last Train Home (1990), Hear My Song (1991), the adaptation film "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (2004) and Toy Story 3 (2010)...(Wikipedia)
40 total credits
Credits include: Friday, Nutty Professor II: The Klumps, Along Came a Spider, Presumed Innocent and Friday After Next
75 total credits
New York City-born African-American actor Glynn Turman enjoyed his first real taste of acting success at the age of 13 originating the role of Travis Younger on Broadway in Lorraine Hansberry's landmark play "A Raisin in the Sun" in 1959 opposite Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, Claudia McNeil and Diana Sands as his various family members. While he did not play the role when it transferred to film in 1961, he intensified his studies at the renown High School of Performing Arts in New York. Upon graduat
34 total credits
Credits include: The NeverEnding Story, Rollerball, Shaft, Heartbreak Ridge and Firestarter
5 total credits
Credits include: All Dogs Go to Heaven, Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom, Lost in the Stars, Flip and Ellis Island
8 total credits
Credits include: Places in the Heart, Death of a President, Street Smart, McBain and American Perfekt
3 total credits
Credits include: Asylum of Satan, Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom and Indian Cowboy
19 total credits
Credits include: To Sleep with Anger, Sunshine State, Beat Street, A Different World and Down in the Delta
2 total credits
Credits include: Sankofa and Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
11 total credits
Credits include: Jumpin' Jack Flash, Burglar, The Gray Man, The Last Run and Descending Angel
2 total credits
Credits include: Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom and The Marva Collins Story
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