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Sally Hemings An American Scandal: The Struggle To Tell The Controversial True Story

Sally Hemings An American Scandal: The Struggle To Tell The Controversial True Story

Andrews, Tina

Paperback

Presidents & Heads of State

ISBN10: 0998226041
ISBN13: 9780998226040
Publisher: Malibu Press
Published: Feb 9 2025
Pages: 464
Weight: 1.36
Height: 1.03 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The 25th Anniversary Edition of Tina Andrews' award-winning book and screenplay. The book (and the miniseries) recounts the controversial relationship between third American president Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings, a slave he owned and with whom he had children. This commemorative edition now offers a new Introduction and images, plus a new Forward with insights from Shannon LaNier, Lucian Truscott, and Dr. Michele Cooley-Strickland-three Hemings/Jefferson descendants. As much history as memoir, author/screenwriter/producer Andrews gives a riveting account of her 16-year struggle to write the controversial CBS four-hour mega-hit miniseries Sally Hemings: An American Scandal. Andrews cites that after writing a play and later a screenplay called The Mistress of Monticello, no one would produce a story of miscegenation, potential rape, or, least of all, affection between America's president and his slave. Thus, Andrews' project languished for years. Then on October 31, 1998, DNA evidence was announced proving Jefferson indeed had at least six children with Hemings, and Andrews' phone rang off the hook with interest from producers, studios, and networks. Finally settling on CBS for a four-hour miniseries, she interviewed dozens of Jefferson/Hemings descendants and historians, then set about to script the first full-scale, dramatic rendering of the story. But her troubles did not end there. Script changes and on-set bickering clouded the production. The initial public outcry against a perceived love story affected her health...

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