The long walk home [videorecording] / Dave Bell Associates ; New Visions Pictures ; director, Richard Pearce ; writer, John Cork ; producers, Howard W. Koch, Dave Bell.
Title from web and sell sheet. Originally released as a motion picture in 1990. Release date: Jan. 29, 2013. Sissy Spacek, Whoopi Goldberg, Dwight Schultz.
Summary:
Odessa Cotter, is a quiet, dignified woman who works as a housekeeper for Miriam Thompson. When Odessa honors the 1955 Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott by walking an exhausting nine miles to and from work, Miriam offers her a ride. Defying both Miriam's racist husband, and the powerful White Citizen's Council, Miriam and Odessa put their lives in danger for civil rights.
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