Sally Hemings: An American Scandal (2000)

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Country: USA
Genres: Biography, Drama, History
Release: 2000-02-13
Director: Charles Haid
Writers: Tina Andrews
Language: English | French
Stars: Diahann Carroll , Mario Van Peebles , Sam Neill , Carmen Ejogo , Mare Winningham , Rene Auberjonois , Zeljko Ivanek , Klea Scott , Jessica Townsend , Lawrence Gilliard Jr.
Runtime: 251 min
Awards: 4 wins & 5 nominations
AKA: Sally Hemings: An American Scandal (Philippines) , Sally Hemings: An American Scandal (United States of America) , Sally Hemings (Australia) , Monticello (United States of America) , Скандал в Белом Доме (Russian Federation) , Sally Hemings: An American Scandal (South Africa) , The Memoirs of Sally Hemings (United States of America) , Sally Hemings: La historia de un escándalo (Spain) , Sally Hemings: An American Scandal , Sally Hemmings: An American Love Story (Canada) , Sally Hemings: An American Love Story , Sali Hemings: Američki skandal (Serbia) , Sally Hemings: Um Escândalo Americano (Brazil) , The President's Mistress: Sally Hemings (Netherlands the) , Presidentens älskarinna (Sweden) , Forbidden Love (United Kingdom) , Sally Hemings: Egy amerikai botrány krónikája (Hungary)
Plot: The story of the extraordinary, controversial thirty-eight-year relationship between Thomas Jefferson and his slave mistress, Sally Hemings. The teenage Sally begins her unexpected relationship with widower Thomas Jefferson in Paris where he is serving as the U.S. Ambassador to France. After escorting Jefferson's younger daughter on a trans-Atlantic journey to join him in Paris, Sally is soon exposed to a world quite unlike the one in which she has lived as an illiterate slave in Monticello. While Sally serves as a nanny of sorts, Jefferson provides her with an education, fine clothes and opportunities to experience cultural events. She and her brother, James, who works as Jefferson's chef and was also educated by him, delight in the fact that they are free in France-and are treated with respect. It is under these circumstances that Sally and Jefferson become acquainted with one another and begin an affair that will ultimately lead to scandal.
IMDB:tt0206951