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Genre: Drama /  more » Awards: Won 9 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 win & 6 nominations  more » User Ratings: 7.6 (997 votes)  more »   Production Co: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Distributor: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Summary: Story of a black woman in the South who was born into slavery in the 1850s and lives to become a part of the civil rights movement in the 1960s.  more »

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Filmmakers: John Korty - Director, Tracy Keenan Wynn - Writer (screenplay), Ernest J. Gaines - Writer (novel), Robert W. Christiansen - Producer, Rick Rosenberg - Producer, James Crabe - Cinematographer, Fred Karlin - Composer, Michael Haller¹ - Production Designer, Sidney Levin - Editor  more »

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