Film

A House Divided

2000 · 1h 41m · Drama · TV Movie

IMDb

6.7

In the aftermath of the terrible Civil War which has devastated the South, Amanda America Dixon returns home to find she has become the sole heir to a vast cotton plantation. But the dreadful secret which has blighted her life threatens to deprive her of the birthright which her beloved father David had struggled for so long to create. Raised by her father and grandmother to be the perfect white Southern Belle, Amanda's true mother was a black slave Julia. Confronted with the forces of greed and bigotry, Amanda has to face not only the hatred of a racist world, but the complex truth of a family whose lives have been built on a lie.

Sam Waterston

David Dickson

Jennifer Beals

Amanda Dickson

LisaGay Hamilton

Julia

Tim Daly

Charles Dubose

Shirley Douglas

Elizabeth Dickson

Sean McCann

Rutherford

Ron White

Henry Dickson

Colin Fox

Doctor Lovick

Adrian Hough

Lt. Brooks

Alison Sealy-Smith

Ruth

Gerard Parkes

Judge Stevens

Dara Perlmutter

Amanda (age 10)

Kayla Perlmutter

Amanda (age 5)

Omar McIntosh

Young Boy

Troy Seivwright-Adams

Silvester

Karen Kennedy

Matron

• John Kent HarrisonDirector
• Paris QuallesScreenplay
• Kent Anderson LeslieNovel
• Kees Van OostrumDirector of Photography
• Henk van EeghenEditor

Release date

July 30, 2000

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 41m

Rated

MA 15+

Genres

Drama, TV Movie

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