05 Mar 2004
Wakan
When Ferrel White-Owl moves to a small Midwestern town, he falls for a girl who's father objects to their relationship.
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
The return to freedom won't be an easy path.
James Mink is a black man in Canada who has built a very successful livery business, and enjoys a white wife and a beautiful daughter, Mary. An excellent match is arranged with an American businessman, but when he takes his new wife Mary across the border his true character emerges - he sells her into slavery. James and Elizabeth must go to Virginia to rescue their daughter.
Top Billed Cast
Louis Gossett Jr. James Mink
Kate Nelligan Elizabeth Mink
Ruby Dee Indigo
Peter Outerbridge William Johnson
Michael Jai White Elroy
Rachael Crawford Mary Mink
Don Francks Risser
Aron Tager Conductor
J. Winston Carroll Stage driver
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