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A Special Friendship is a 1987 CBS network television movie which aired on March 31, 1987.
Plot[]
Set during the American Civil War, a wealthy white woman (Tracy Pollan) and the black woman (Akosua Busia) who was once her slave, join forces to fight for freedom and the abolition of slavery.
Cast[]
- Tracy Pollan as Elizabeth Van Lew
- Akosua Busia as Mary Bowser
- Cynthia Harris as Mrs. Van Lew
- LeVar Burton as Ben Sumner
- Richard Brooks as Matt Bowser
- Tom Aldredge as Jefferson Davis
- Patricia Elliott as Mrs. Davis
- Josef Sommer as General Winder