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`The Long Walk Home" tells the stories of two women and their families at a critical turning point in American history. One of the women is black, a maid in an affluent neighborhood, a hard-working woman who goes home after a long day and does all of the same jobs all over again for her family.
Rated: 3/5 • May 13, 2014. Odessa Carter (Whoopi Goldberg) needs to get to work as a nanny in the home of the affluent Miriam Thompson (Sissy Spacek), but she refuses to take the bus.
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Summaries. Two women, black and white, in 1955 Montgomery Alabama, must decide what they are going to do in response to the famous bus boycott led by Martin Luther King. Dramatizes the events in 1955-1956 in Montgomery, Alabama, when blacks boycotted public transport because they were forced to sit at the back.
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Dec 21, 1990 · "The Long Walk Home" begins telling the story of the American civil rights movement in as good a place as any: the kitchen of a comfortable Southern home. It is here, in a suburb of...
Dec 21, 1990 · Play Trailer. A story of an incredible friendship. Overview. Two women, black and white, in 1955 Montgomery Alabama, must decide what they are going to do in response to the famous bus boycott led by Martin Luther King. Richard Pearce. Director. John Cork. Writer.
About. The Long Walk Home. DRAMA. Two women, black and white, in 1955 Montgomery Alabama, must decide what they are going to do in response to the famous bus boycott lead by Martin Luther King, Jr. 13+. COMMON SENSE. Moving Civil Rights story heavy on "N" word but uplifting. 88% TOMATOMETER. Average 6.7. Reviews 17. Fresh 15. Rotten 2. Information.
