Home is where the heart is, and in a part of Kansas City, a mansion sits at the heart of what was once a rich, black community. It's also home to a rich and rarely shared chapter of American history. It is where Sarah Rector settled.

Sarah was 11 years old when she became "the youngest and first black female millionaire" in Kansas City. After a divine discovery of oil, underneath 160 acres of land she inherited in Oklahoma in the early 1900s, her inspiring story is now a major motion picture.

The film premiered in Kansas City, where the film's stars and Sarah's real-life family unite. Naya Desir-Johnson plays Sarah alongside Sonequa Martin-Green and Kenric Green, real-life husband and wife who play Sarah's parents.

Desir-Johnson told CBN News' Studio 5 why she wanted to play the role of

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