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06/23/08
The Long Walk Home (1991)
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Reviews Counted: 11 Fresh: 9 Rotten:2 Average Rating: 6.5/10
Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins
Synopsis: In the midst of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, dignified domestic worker Odessa Cotter does her part by walking the nine miles to her job at the home of civic-minded white socialite Miriam Thompson. When Miriam discovers Odessa's hardship, she volunteers rides, but her well-intentioned act... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Sissy Spacek, Whoopi Goldberg, Dwight Schultz
Director: Richard Pearce
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Suffers from too much focus on the white characters, but still an important story, respectfully told.
11/01/04
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Drama set in Alabama during the 1955 bus boycott proclaiming that racial equality cannot be eased into effortlessly; it requires the rigors of change and commitment.
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