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Beau Bridges, Carl Lumbly, Lorraine Toussaint. Sarny, a 12-year-old slave girl, faces a bleak future until Nightjohn arrives and takes Sarny under his wing. Risking his life, Nightjohn secretly teaches Sarny to read and write. Words are freedom," he says-but even freedom comes with a price. 1996/color/96 min/PG-13/fullscreen.