A Jefferson movie could be very good, but in order to be compelling it would have to show both his intellect and his hypocrisy. Jefferson thought slavery was a terrible evil and a stain upon the new nation. He feared God's vengeance on America for the sin of slavery. He wanted it to end (by sending the black population back to Africa), but he also recognized that slaves (including his own) represented much of the individual wealth in America. A healthy young slave was worth about $130k in today's dollars. Now, imagine owning dozens or hundreds of slaves! That's a lot of capital! Jefferson was not prepared to give that up and he knew his peers weren't in the mood for that either. Similarly, Jefferson, liked the taste of black booty and indulged his appetite regularly. As recently as the 1990s DNA tests confirmed that Jefferson's (white) descendants share the same paternity as Sally Hemings' descendants. The story of Jefferson fathering six children with Sally Hemmings was told for generations on the black side of the family, but Jefferson's descendants denied it for nearly 200 years--until the DNA tests were performed and confirmed that Jefferson is the father of both lines (black and white) of offspring.
Remember Senator Strom Thurmond, the 100 year old racist senator from South Carolina? Six months after he died on 2003 it was revealed that he had fathered a black daughter with one of his family's maids. At the time, the maid was 16; Thurmond was 22. Thurmond took the secret to his grave. His daughter was in her 70's when she finally told the secret at the urging of her children and grandchildren.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strom_Thurmond#Illegitimate_daughterYeah. Jefferson was like that.
There is a movie there for sure!