Film

River of Hope

20201h 50mDrama History

Director: Calvin Grimm
Year: 2020

"River of Hope" tells the story of how a former slave Mary Barnes Cabell and her children helped found the first college for African Americans in West Virginia. Based on true events.

Top cast

Chuck Anziulewicz

Atticus Hagen

Angelica Armstrong

Mary Barnes Cabell

Tristan Bragg

Young Sam Cabell Barnes Junior

Conrad Carpenter

Henry Quarrier (Defense Attorney)

Michael Wayne Collins

Baby Samuel Barnes

George Dale Jr.

James Edwin Campbell

Nikki Ellis

Eunice Cabell

Robert Elswick

George Ruffner (Prosecuting Attorney)

Herbert Gardner

Governor Aretus Fleming

Ryan Gilleran

Sam Cabell

Evan Given

Allen Spradling

John Halstead

Poker Dealer

Grace Hartz-Thomas

Miss Mary Rock

Lawrence Johnson

Governor's Assistant

Que Johnson

Byrd Prillerman

Kaia Kessell

Young Eunice Cabell

Bill Kimmons

Judge James E. Brown

Fiauna Linet

Marina Cabell Hurt

Directed by

Calvin Grimm

Written by

Herbert Gardner, Leslie Bragg, Calvin Grimm, Angelica Armstrong