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The Long Walk Home

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Original title

The Long Walk Home

Year

1990

Running time

97 min.

Country

United States

Director

Richard Pearce

Screenwriter

John Cork

Cast

Music

George Fenton

Cinematography

Roger Deakins

Producer

Miramax

Genre

Drama | Racism. 1950s. Small Town Life (North-american). Based on a true story

Synopsis

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. The story focus is on a white middle class family whose members have divergent views on the protest. This white woman becomes convinced that it is not fair to require blacks to sit at the back of the bus. She stands up to the male power structure and all her friends in order to do the right thing and help the protestors. The film also reveals some of the sacrifices made by the black citizens of Montgomery during the boycott.

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Awards: 1992: NAACP Image Awards: Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture.

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Critics' reviews

"One of those rare movie history lessons that don't make you feel as if you're facing the chalkboard. It's an impassioned movie, with vehement, soulful performances"

Hal Hinson: The Washington Post
"A powerful and affecting film, so well played by Goldberg and Spacek that we understand not just the politics of the time but the emotions as well (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"

Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times
"'The Long Walk Home' offers a careful, dispassionate, finally moving evocation of its setting"

Janet Maslin: The New York Times
"Well-acted, likably small-scale, full of good intentions, but hardly a corker"

TV Guide
"An effectively mounted drama about the human impact of changing times on two families, with sturdy performances by Sissy Spacek as an uppercrust white housewife and Whoopi Goldberg as her maid"

Variety Staff: Variety
"Funny, heartbreaking and, yes, uplifting"

Jay Scott: The Globe and Mail

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