Hope of Escape (2024)

A film by Amy Gerber-Stroh

An enslaved mother and daughter must escape before they are sold and separated forever. Their only hope is to connect with their free relatives in the North and convince the most powerful abolitionists of their time to help them.

Cast (15)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

M

Mizan Kirby

Diana Williams

K

Kendra Chideya

Cornelia Read

M

Marley A. Gregory

Wilby Gould

Hope Blackstock

Julia Williams Garnet

J

Jeffrey Phillips

Henry Highland Garnet

L

Lamont C. Williams

Reverend James Crawford

E

Elise Rackemann

Caroline

April Marcell

Ann Williams Crawford

A

Ashley Stinnett

T.C. Worth

Jason Alan Cook

William Lloyd Garrison

L

London White

Cornelia as Child

S

Seth Di Marco

John Harleston Read

L

Les Epstein

Lewis Tappan

D

Donald Campbell

David

V

Veronica Russell

Train station patron

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