Bright Road (1953)
- Directed by
- Gerald Mayer
- Genre
- drama film, coming-of-age film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 08m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.5 of 10 from 10 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A new teacher tries to reach a troubled young boy in a rural elementary school. The principal helps her find a way to connect with him.
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What happens
Bright Road is a 1953 low-budget film adapted from the Christopher Award-winning short story "See How They Run" by Mary Elizabeth Vroman. Directed by Gerald Mayer and featuring a nearly all-black cast, the film stars Dorothy Dandridge as an idealistic first-year elementary school teacher trying to communicate with a problem student. The film is also notable as the first appearance by Harry Belafonte, who costars as the principal of the school. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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