The Long Walk Home (1990)
- Directed by
- Richard Pearce
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 7.6 of 10 from 158 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
In 1950s Alabama, a white housewife and her black maid are drawn into the Montgomery bus boycott. Their personal relationship is tested by the racial tensions of the era.
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What happens
The Long Walk Home is a 1990 American historical drama film starring Sissy Spacek and Whoopi Goldberg, and directed by Richard Pearce. Set in Alabama, it is based on a screenplay about the Montgomery bus boycott (1955–1956) by John Cork and a short film by the same name, produced by students at the University of Southern California in 1988. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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