Tolton: From Slave to Priest

Tolton: From Slave to Priest

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"The Story of a True American Hero."

Overview

Augustus Tolton’s enslaved mother knows there’s only one way to save her family – she has to escape the slave-state of Missouri for freedom in Illinois. Slipping away in the dead of night, with three children in tow, she trudges 20 miles to the vast Mississippi River. In a leaky rowboat, with bullets from angry Confederate soldiers whizzing by her ears, Mama Tolton rows to freedom. In the face of the shameful prejudice of the Church in America, young Augustus dreams of becoming a Catholic priest. His dream seems hopeless, yet against all odds he perseveres. Finally ordained in Rome, he returns home to serve people of all races as America’s first Black priest.

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Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Saint Luke Productions

Quick Facts

Status Released
Language EN
Website Visit Site

Cast

Jim R. Coleman
Jim R. Coleman

Augustus Tolton

Elissa Lynn Sanders
Elissa Lynn Sanders

Mother

Key Crew

Leonardo Defilippis
Director
Patti Defilippis
Writer
Eric Bredbenner
Producer
Leonardo Defilippis
Screenplay
Patti Defilippis
Director

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