Distributor: B.U.F.O LTD.
Starring: Deborah Ayorinde, Bethany Antonia, Dan Jeannotte, and Akil Largie
Executive Producer: Tia A. Smith
Director: Roger Bobb
Producers: Jeff Beach, Philip Roth and Kristina Kambitova
Script Writer: Tim Huddleston, based on the Novel by Jane Austen
Costume Designer: Kara Saun
SVP Programming & Development, Mahogany Originals, Hallmark Media: Toni Judkins
Hallmark celebrates Loveuary with the premiere of Jane Austen’s ‘Sense and Sensibility’, starring an all-black cast on Saturday, February 24th at 8:00 p.m. ET.
The television special stars Deborah Ayorinde (Them), Bethany Antonia (House of the Dragon), Dan Jeannotte (The Royal Nanny) and Akil Largie (The Sandman) star in a beautiful period adaptation in Sense and Sensibility, a new, original movie and Mahogany Original, premiering Saturday, February 24 (8 p.m. ET/PT), on Hallmark Channel. The movie is part of the network’s Loveuary with Jane Austen programming event, honoring the author’s timeless legacy with four all-new original movie premieres, every Saturday in February. Set in Regency-era England, it features original costumes by Kara Saun (Project Runway) and hair designs by Kim Kimble (Euphoria). Author and historian Vanessa Riley (Island Queen) served as a historical consultant.
Sense and Sensibility tells the story of how after the loss of their family patriarch, the Dashwood women’s financial circumstances drastically change and they are forced to leave their home for a modest cottage in Devonshire. Soon, practical eldest daughter Elinor (Ayorinde) falls for the equally pragmatic gentleman Edward Ferrars (Jeannotte). Her passionate sister Marianne (Antonia) meanwhile spurns the advances of their steadfast new neighbor Colonel Brandon (Largie) for the much more exciting John Willoughby (Victor Hugo, Riches). When Elinor and Marianne’s romantic prospects do not turn out as hoped, each sister learns to embrace the other’s approach to matters of the heart.