At the end, Sarny has been sold to another plantation still as she rides away, you know somehow she'll survive - and triumph. Proving once again that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, Sarny's fascination with reading sets several things in motion, all of them leading to trouble. (Sarny's real mother was sold after Sarny's birth.) Nightjohn, a new slave at the plantation, played by Carl Lumbly, strikes up a friendship with Sarny and tells her he can teach her to read and write, even though this is forbidden. Sarny, the young girl, played by Allison Jones, is cared for by her surrogate mother, Delie, played by Lorraine Toussaint. Saturday on the Disney Channel, is ostensibly about a young African-American slave girl and the price she and others paid for her learning to read and write.īased on a highly-praised book for young people by Gary Paulsen, "Nightjohn" has been turned into a powerful film that works on several levels, thanks to outstanding performances under the direction of Charles Burnett, best known for "To Sleep with Anger." Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 17:02:16 Bookplateleaf 0006 Boxid IA157501 Boxid_2 CH118101 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Donor
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