A House Divided

The story

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 & crew

Sam WaterstonDavid Dickson

Jennifer BealsAmanda Dickson

LisaGay HamiltonJulia

Tim DalyCharles Dubose

Shirley DouglasElizabeth Dickson

Sean McCannRutherford

Ron WhiteHenry Dickson

Colin FoxDoctor Lovick

Adrian HoughLt. Brooks

Alison Sealy-SmithRuth

Gerard ParkesJudge Stevens

Dara PerlmutterAmanda (age 10)