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A House Divided

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.

2000 |1h 41m |  Drama, TV Movie

Cast

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Sam Waterston

David Dickson

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Jennifer Beals

Amanda Dickson

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LisaGay Hamilton

Julia

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Tim Daly

Charles Dubose

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Shirley Douglas

Elizabeth Dickson

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Sean McCann

Rutherford

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Ron White

Henry Dickson

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Colin Fox

Doctor Lovick

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Adrian Hough

Lt. Brooks

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Alison Sealy-Smith

Ruth

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Gerard Parkes

Judge Stevens

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Craig Eldridge

Judge Cottner

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Paul Essiembre

Hotel Clerk

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Joey Naber

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Status

Released

Language

English

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