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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.
The Long Walk Home: Directed by Richard Pearce. With Sissy Spacek, Whoopi Goldberg, Dwight Schultz, Ving Rhames. 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.
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.
`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.
The Long Walk Home. 1990 · 1 hr 37 min. PG. Drama. Set in 1955 Montgomery, Alabama, this is the story of two women who must decide how they will respond to Martin Luther King Jr.’s call to boycott. Audio Languages: English. Subtitles: English. Starring: Sissy Spacek Whoopi Goldberg Dwight Schultz Ving Rhames Erika Alexander Dylan Baker.
One black and one white woman in 1955 Montgomery, Alabama must decide what they are going to do in response to the famous bus boycott lead by Martin Luther King. 401. IMDb 7.3 1 h 35 min 1990 X-Ray PG. Drama • Historical • Inspiring • Philosophical. Watch with Prime.
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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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. Odessa works as a maid for the Thompsons ...
The Long Walk Home. One Black and one white woman in 1955 Montgomery, Alabama must decide what they are going to do in response to the famous bus boycott led by Martin Luther King. Starring...
Dec 21, 1990 · The Long Walk Home. The Long Walk Home is a historical drama set during the Civil Rights Movement, focusing on the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott. The film stars Whoopi Goldberg as Odessa Cotter, an African-American maid, and Sissy Spacek as Miriam Thompson, her white employer. The narrative explores the evolving relationship between the two women ...
