This is a 1987 film adaptation of the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly by Harriet Beecher Stowe, published in 1852. The film was directed by Stan Lathan and adapted by John Gay. It starred Avery Brooks, Phylicia Rashad, Edward Woodward, Jenny Lewis, Bruce Dern, Samuel L. Jackson and Endyia Kinney.