A House Divided

John Kent Harrison
2000-07-30


5
101 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Sam Waterston David Dickson Unowned
Jennifer Beals Amanda Dickson Unowned
LisaGay Hamilton Julia Hangin with Mr. Cooper
Tim Daly Charles Dubose Unowned
Shirley Douglas Elizabeth Dickson Unowned
Sean McCann Rutherford Unowned
Ron White Henry Dickson Unowned
Colin Fox Doctor Lovick Unowned
Adrian Hough Lt. Brooks Unowned
Alison Sealy-Smith Ruth Unowned
Gerard Parkes Judge Stevens Unowned
Dara Perlmutter Amanda (age 10) Unowned
Kayla Perlmutter Amanda (age 5) Unowned
Omar McIntosh Young Boy Unowned
Troy Seivwright-Adams Silvester Unowned
Karen Kennedy Matron Unowned
Craig Eldridge Judge Cottner Unowned
Ron Payne Jury Foreman Unowned
Barry Stillwell Court Clerk Unowned
Paul Essiembre Hotel Clerk Unowned
Joey Naber Unowned
Johann Benét Joshua (uncredited) Unowned
Matt Granger Henry's Son (uncredited) Unowned