Two men separated by 100 years are united in their search for freedom. In 1856 a slave, Samuel Woodward and his family, escape from the Monroe Plantation near Richmond, Virginia. 100 years earlier in 1748, John Newton the Captain of a slave trader sails from Africa with a cargo of slaves, bound for America.
Director: Peter Cousens
Stars: Cuba Gooding Jr., Sharon Leal, David Rasche.
Jeffrey Page ... choreographer
Watched on AmazonPrime.
14 songs in the Soundtracks, including Amazing Grace, credited to John Newton. Lots of spirituals.
The connection between the 2 stories was not at all clear to me until near the end when I recognized the Bible in both tracks.
OK story of the fear that runaway slaves must have felt, and of the horrors of the slave ships. But nothing really in depth.
Rated 6.2 (1,358)
indie, dir. Cousens; 6
