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Apr 4, 1999 · The Secret Path: Directed by Bruce Pittman. With Della Reese, Crystal Bernard, Madeline Zima, Yvonne Zima. A drama about a young, neglected white girl in the rural South who, with the help of an unlikely couple, finds the solace and nurturing needed to transform her downtrodden life.
The film details the hardships faced by a young girl named Jo Ann Foley while growing up in 1930s rural Tennessee. Its story is based on her real-life experience with...
A young white girl abused by her grandfather finds happiness when she's taken under the wing of an older black couple. The girl's mother struggles to...
The Secret Path concludes with Jo Ann finally finding peace and the promise of a better future. The ending underlines the transformative power and moral courage.
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Directed by: Bruce Pittman. A 14-year-old Southern girl is forced into a life of prostitution by her grandpa. Her only joy comes from her supportive African-American friends.
The story consist of a neglected young white girl, from a family who's patriarch grandpa Foley mistreats her and tries to force her into prostitution, and into hustling soldiers for money. She resists , and find the love and affection she didn't get at home in a black childless couple , excellently played by Ossie Davis, and Della Reese.
Fifty years later, Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie has taken Wenjack's story and turned it into the Secret Path project, including a solo album, a graphic novel and an animated film.
14-year-old Jo Ann Foley lives in squalor in a rural Southern community during World War II. Abused by her bootlegging grandfather Hank, Jo Ann has, like her mother Marie, been forced into a life of prostitution.
A young, neglected white girl in the rural South finds solace and nurturing from an unlikely couple. After her birth to the unwed Marie, Jo Ann Foley is taken by her grandfather Hank and abandoned at the roadside.
