
“Born into one world, destined for another.”
Set in nineteenth-century New Orleans, the story depicts the gens de couleur libre, or the Free People of Colour, a dazzling yet damned class caught between the world of white privilege and black oppression.
Release Date: 11/11/2001
Runtime: 213 minutes
Languages: English
Director: Peter Medak
00Companies: Feast Productions, Spirit Dance Entertainment, John Wilder Nightwatch Productions, Katherine Company
Countries: United States of America
Cecile Ste. Marie

Robert Ri'chard
Marcel Ste. Marie

Peter Gallagher
Philippe Ferronaire

Gloria Reuben
Cecile Ste. Marie

Jennifer Beals
Dolly Rose

Ossie Davis
Jean-Jacques

Ruby Dee
Elsie Claviere

Pam Grier
Suzette Lermontant

Jasmine Guy
Juliet Mercier

James Earl Jones
Older Marcel

Eartha Kitt
Lola Dede

Ben Vereen
Rudolphe Lermontant

Forest Whitaker
Daguerreotypist Picard
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