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Article: TV Movie `Sally Hemings: An American Scandal'.(Review)
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- Jet
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- February 14, 2000
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Tells Of 38-Year Relationship With Thomas Jefferson
The 38-year relationship that slave Sally Hemings shared with Thomas Jefferson as his mistress is told in the CBS miniseries Sally Hemings: An American Scandal.
An epic, four-hour movie, the romantic drama stars Carmen Ejogo as Sally Hemings and Sam Neill as Thomas Jefferson. The film is slated to air in two parts, one on Feb. 13 and the other on Feb. 16.
The TV production also stars Diahann Carroll as Sally's mother, Elizabeth "Betty" Hemings, and Mario Van Peebles as Sally's brother, James Hemings.
For 200 years the story of the relationship between Jefferson and Hemings has both ...