Nightjohn
By: Hallmark Entertainment and Sarabande Productions in association with the Disney Channel ; produced by Dennis Stuart Murphy ;  teleplay by Bill Cain  based on the book by Gary Paulsen ; directed by Charles Burnett
Contributors: Lumbly, Carl; Toussaint, Lorraine, 1960-; Cobbs, Bill; York, Kathleen; Casseus, Gabriel; Jones, Allison; Hallmark Entertainment (Firm); Sarabande Productions; Disney Channel (Firm); Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 96
Subjects: Drama; Slavery; Child slaves; Literacy
Other titles: Night John
Description: Twelve-year-old Sarny's brutal life as a slave on the Waller plantation becomes even more dangerous when a newly arrived slave, Nightjohn, offers to teach her how to read.
Notes: Title from container.

Originally produced for television in 1996.

Based on the novel by Gary Paulsen.

Director of photography, Elliot Davis ; editor, Dorian Harris ; music by Stephen James Taylor.

Beau Bridges, Carl Lumbly, Lorraine Toussaint, Bill Cobbs, Kathleen York, Gabriel Casseus, Allison Jones.

MPAA rating: PG, for some scenes of racial oppression and abuse.

DVD; Dolby Digital.