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Release Year1985
Runtime1h 53m
LanguageEnglish
CertificationNR
GenresDrama, History, TV Movie
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DirectorBarry Crane
WritersSamm-Art Williams
TypeFeature Film
RatingNot rated yet
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsCharlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
About Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
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."
Directed by Barry Crane, Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom leans on a strong ensemble — Mary Alice, Ned Beatty, Carla Borelli — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about drama titles of 1985.
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