The Journey of August King is a multi-dimensional drama about a North Carolina farmer in 1815. August King, a widower, is on his way home as he does every year after selling his produce and purchasing the stock and goods he will need to survive the winter. On his journey, he comes upon a run-away slave, a young woman about 19 and August King must decide to violate the law and help this slave to freedom or else leave her to be hunted down and, ultimately, returned to her slave owner.
Directed by John Duigan
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Cast
Jason Patric
August King
Thandiwe Newton
Annalees
Larry Drake
Olaf Singletary
Sam Waterston
Mooney Wright
Eric Mabius
Hal Wright
Crew
John Duigan
Director
John Ehle
Writer
Sławomir Idziak
Director of Photography
Sam Waterston
Producer
Nick Wechsler
Producer
Harvey Weinstein
Executive Producer
Bob Weinstein
Executive Producer
Richard N. Gladstein
Executive Producer
Suzanne Smith Crowley
Casting
Stephen Endelman
Music
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Hunny Hyacinth
6.0★ · 11/05/25
really thought he was gonna like walk off a cliff at the end
really thought he was gonna like walk off a cliff at the end