Jane Seymour
Fanny Kemble Butler
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Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble is a 2000 American television film starring Jane Seymour and directed by James Keach. It depicts the life of British actress and abolitionist Fanny Kemble, who sees first-hand the horrors of slavery when she marries an American plantation owner.
- Drama
Apr 23, 2000 · Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble: Directed by James Keach. With Jane Seymour, Keith Carradine, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Janet-Laine Green. True story from the 19th century about an English actress who marries a US plantation owner.
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- Biography, Drama
- James Keach
- 2000-04-23
Free-spirited actress Fanny Kemble runs afoul of her plantation owner husband when she begins a crusade against slavery in the Antebellum South. Audio Languages: English. Subtitles: English. Starring: Jane Seymour Keith Carradine Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Janet-Laine Green. Directed by: James Keach.
- James Keach
- January 1, 2000
- 114 min
Movie based on the life of British 19th century actress and anti-slavery activist Fanny Kemble. On a theatrical tour of the United States, Fanny Kemble falls in love with and marries Pierce Butler, a wealthy American lawyer. Their storybook marriage begins to disintegrate when Fanny wants to have.
- James Keach
- Alanna Delory
Moving with him from Philadelphia to his Georgia plantation, Fanny sees slavery firsthand, and her outrage leads her to help the family's slaves in open defiance of her spouse. Undaunted by the...
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- James Keach
- TV-14
- Jane Seymour
Moving with him from Philadelphia to his Georgia plantation, Fanny sees slavery firsthand, and her outrage leads her to help the family's slaves in open defiance of her spouse. Undaunted by the...
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Moving with him from Philadelphia to his Georgia plantation, Fanny sees slavery firsthand, and her outrage leads her to help the family's slaves in open defiance of her spouse. Undaunted by the consequences, Fanny eventually writes a book that strengthens the anti-slavery movement.
