The North Star

The North Star

Actors:  Jeremiah Trotter, Thomas C. Bartley Jr., Clifton Powell, John Diehl, Keith David Directors:  Thomas K. Phillips

The North Star is the story of Benjamin 'Big Ben' Jones and Moses Hopkins, two slaves who escaped from a Virginia plantation and made their way to freedom in Buckingham, Pennsylvania in 1849. Big Ben's 6'10" size and a record bounty for his safe return make him the focus of every slave hunter on the east coast. Their journey exposes them to dang...