Sally Hemings An American Love Story
by Charles Haid
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Actor: Carmen Ejogo, Diahann Carroll, Mare Winningham, Mario Van Peebles, Sam NeillDirector: Charles Haid
Brand: Echo
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 171 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-02-08
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Movie Reviews of Sally Hemings An American Love Story
Movie Review: BELIEVABLE, HISTORICAL BUT FICTIONALIZED DRAMA
Summary: 5 Stars
Excellent history done as believable as this type of story can be done. It is a part of the American past, long hidden, and only proved in 1998. A president, Thomas Jefferson (Sam Neill) lives with his slave, unwed, mistress, openly at times, fathering several children through Sally Hemings (Carmen Ejogo) but never quite takes responsibility for the children. Today it would be as scandalous as it would have been, or should have been then, but...
Ejogo does a magnificent job of presenting Sally through all of the emotion and hardship her life held. Good times and bad, Sally was the rock her children needed, and the woman President Jefferson wanted. Of course much of the time they were together, Jefferson was not President, but often politically active. He at least did give the girl, Sally, her freedom early in their relationship, in Paris. Sally first became an active mistress to Jefferson at that location, while just a teenager and maid to Jefferson's daughter, Patsy (Mare Winningham). It was a 38-year relationship that actually continued as Sally cared for Jefferson's grave until her own death. It is a love story. Not a Christian example but sincere love in a bi-racial relationship at a time when it was unacceptable. It leave the viewer the task of deciding ethics.
Definitely enough historical record to make this worthy of watching for every student, suggested for ages 12 and over. A DVD value at today's price for the historical content as well as entertainment excellence. The only negative was background musical scores were loud enough it was sometimes difficult to catch all the words of the actors, and subtitles or CC are NOT included. The box warns of violence and profanity...correctly. When dealing with period slavery in a realistic fashion, that is expected.
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