
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. Amanda was raised by her father and grandmother to be the perfect white Southern belle, but her mother was a black slave named Julia. Confront... (Full plot summary below)
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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. Amanda was raised by her father and grandmother to be the perfect white Southern belle, but her mother was a black slave named Julia. Confronted with the forces of greed and bigotry, Amanda must face not only the hatred of a racist world, but the complex truth of a family whose lives have been built on a lie.
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| New York Magazine/VultureJohn LeonardFor all its predictability, A House Divided has surprising power, and I think that power derives from what it doesn't say behind its screens -- those screams of denial. |
| User ReviewKim HVery good true life movie. Black people r still doin it (for there children) |
| User ReviewKelly KThis was a pretty decent film. It was short and to the point which is good, but I felt had they elaborated on certain scenes it would have made for a stronger film. Still worth seeing though. |