
Featuring

Nick Nolte
Thomas Jefferson

Greta Scacchi
Maria Cosway

Thandiwe Newton
Sally Hemings

Gwyneth Paltrow
Patsy Jefferson

Jean-Pierre Aumont
D'Hancarville

Simon Callow
Richard Cosway

Seth Gilliam
James Hemings

James Earl Jones
Madison Hemings

Michael Lonsdale
Louis XVI

Nancy Marchand
Madame Abbesse



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