Sally Hemings - An American Scandal (Mini Series)

Aroview: Provocative mini-series telling the allegedly true story of U.S. President Thomas Jefferson's thirty-eight year affair with slave-girl Sally Hemings, the half-sister of his widow Martha Jefferson.

No doubt embellished with dramatic license, the series offers some solid period-drama entertainment, following Hemings as she lands a job as a nanny in the Jefferson household at the peak of slave-era America. The scandal is presented as a relationship of genuine love and affection, demonstrating the complexities between the private and public lives of one of the more fascinating figures in presidential history.