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Captive Heart: The James Mink Story

Drama based on the life of James Mink, the son of a freed slave who became a respected millionaire businessman in Toronto in the 1850's. Mink and his Irish-immigrant wife find out that their son-in-law, a white American, is a slave trader and has sold their daughter as a slave to a Southern Plantati

Film Details

Genre

Release Date

1996

Production Company

CBS Entertainment; Medallion Pfa; Panavision, Ltd.; Shaw Media; Sonar Entertainment

Distribution Company

Beta Film; Sonar Entertainment

Location

Ontario, Canada

Technical Specs

Duration

2h

Synopsis

Drama based on the life of James Mink, the son of a freed slave who became a respected millionaire businessman in Toronto in the 1850's. Mink and his Irish-immigrant wife find out that their son-in-law, a white American, is a slave trader and has sold their daughter as a slave to a Southern Plantation owner. Posing as his wife's slave, Mink travels to the South to rescue his daughter.

Director

Crew

Film Details

Genre

Release Date

1996

Production Company

CBS Entertainment; Medallion Pfa; Panavision, Ltd.; Shaw Media; Sonar Entertainment

Distribution Company

Beta Film; Sonar Entertainment

Location

Ontario, Canada

Technical Specs

Duration

2h

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Aired in United States April 14, 1996

Began shooting July 24, 1995.

Completed shooting August 25, 1995.