The Long Walk Home
1990
98 Min
Synopsis
Sissy Spacek stars as Miriam Thompson, a Montgomery, Ala., housewife who finds herself in the midst of a civil rights revolution when she helps her black maid, Odessa (Whoopi Goldberg), during the infamous bus boycott of the 1950s. When Miriam discovers Odessa is forced to walk the 9 miles to her house and back, she volunteers to give Odessa a ride — much to the dismay of Miriam’s husband and social circle.
Director
Richard Pearce
Richard Pearce (born January 25, 1943 in San Diego, California) is an American film director and producer.
He prepped at St. Paul’s School and then earned a B.A., English from Yale University in the Class of 1965. While in college, he was a guitarist for, and a leader of, the Augmented Seven, a singing group that featured three guitarists. It was the only singing group at Yale at that time that was not strictly a cappella. He was also a member of Scroll and Key Society.
Pearce is credited as the cinematographer of Hearts and Minds (1974), documentary film about the Vietnam War. He won the Golden Bear award at the 30th Berlin International Film Festival in 1980 for his film Heartland. —Wikipedia
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Scotch
27Dec11
A subtle, quietly beautiful film about the Montgomery community that stood against fucked-up America. Four stars for carefully avoiding becoming "post-race" bubble gum nostalgia (in which we reminisce on the bad ol' days of racism as if it's not a continued, contemporary issue). An acknowledgment the courage it took and will take for an anti-racist society.