River of Hope (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 billed cast
- Chuck AnziulewiczAtticus Hagen
- Angelica ArmstrongMary Barnes Cabell
- Tristan BraggYoung Sam Cabell Barnes Junior
- Conrad CarpenterHenry Quarrier (Defense Attorney)
- Michael Wayne CollinsBaby Samuel Barnes
- George Dale Jr.James Edwin Campbell
- Nikki EllisEunice Cabell
- Robert ElswickGeorge Ruffner (Prosecuting Attorney)
- Herbert GardnerGovernor Aretus Fleming
- Ryan GilleranSam Cabell
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