A House Divided
A House Divided
Release: 2000-07-30
·Runtime: 101m
·★ 5.0
Drama
TV Movie
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.
Production Countries
Canada
United States of America
Cast
Sam Waterston
as David Dickson
Jennifer Beals
as Amanda Dickson
Tim Daly
as Charles Dubose
Sean McCann
as Rutherford
Ron White
as Henry Dickson
Colin Fox
as Doctor Lovick
Alison Sealy-Smith
as Ruth
Gerard Parkes
as Judge Stevens
Craig Eldridge
as Judge Cottner
Paul Essiembre
as Hotel Clerk
Adrian Hough
as Lt. Brooks
Joey Naber
LisaGay Hamilton
as Julia
Shirley Douglas
as Elizabeth Dickson