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A slave (Carl Lumbly) willingly defies the law by secretly teaching a plantation housegirl (Allison Jones) how to read and write. Waller: Beau Bridges. Delie: Lorraine Toussaint. Old Man: Bill Cobbs. Callie: Kathleen York. Outlaw: Gabriel Casseus.