NORTH STAR: THE LIFE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS depicts an evil,
19th-century America, one where slavery is allowed to persist and prosper. Often, such times of oppression breed heroes of magnificence, and there may be no more inspirational story than that of America's first great African-American civil rights leader, Frederick Douglass.

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Born into slavery, he fought racial injustice to become one of the most influential voices of the last half of the 1800s, while developing into one of the world's most treasured orators and social commentators. The North Star: The Life of Frederick Douglass screenplay has earned critical acclaim for its action-packed, warts-and-all exploration of Douglass' self-education, his brave and outspoken rise to prominence, his womanizing, his struggles as a fugitive from slavery and later, as an ideological fugitive, and ultimately, his acceptance as a pioneer in African-American achievement.

By Award-Winning screenwriter Kerry Gleason.