The Journey of August King is a multi-dimensional drama about a North Carolina farmer in 1815. August King, a widower, is on his way home as he does every year after selling his produce and purchasing the stock and goods he will need to survive the winter. On his journey, he comes upon a run-away slave, a young woman about 19 and August King must decide to violate the law and help this slave to freedom or else leave her to be hunted down and, ultimately, returned to her slave owner.
| Directing | John Duigan | Director |
| Writing | John Ehle | Writer |
| Editing | Humphrey Dixon | Editor |
| Production | Sam Waterston | Producer |
| Production | Nick Wechsler | Producer |
| Sound | Stephen Endelman | Music |
| Camera | Slawomir Idziak | Director of Photography |
| Editing | William Webb | Editor |
| Production | Kerry Barden | Casting |
| Production | Billy Hopkins | Casting |
| Production | Suzanne Smith Crowley | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Patricia Norris | Costume Design |
| Production | Harvey Weinstein | Executive Producer |
| Production | Bob Weinstein | Executive Producer |
| Production | Kerry Orent | Co-Producer |
| Production | Borden Mace | Associate Producer |
| Production | Richard N. Gladstein | Executive Producer |
| Art | Patricia Norris | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tina Harrelson | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lori Hicks | Makeup Artist |