Nightjohn (USA)
Directed by Charles Burnett
1996, 92 min.
This powerful film is set in the United States during the height of slavery, a time when African slaves were deliberately kept illiterate; in fact, any slave teaching another how to read would be subjected to the most violent punishment. But this doesn't stop the man known as Nightjohn from teaching a young girl named Sarny how to read and write.
Rated PG-13.
Film director Charles Burnett and actor Carl Lumbly will lead the after-film discussion.
DVD provided courtesy of the Disney Channel.