A worn path [videorecording] / Harcourt Brace College Publishers presents ; a Bruce R. Schwartz film ; producer, Joseph M. Davis ; adapted for the screen and directed by Bruce R. Schwartz.
This disc has been recorded using DVD-R equipment and may not play in all DVD players. Based upon the story by Eudora Welty. Cora Lee Day (Phoenix Jackson), Conchata Ferrell (Nurse), Jodie Markell (Clinic attendant), Brad Dourif (the Hunter). Originally produced by Harcourt Brace & Company in 1994. Special features: "Two Pulitzer Prize authors discuss 'A Worn Path'" (9 min.), an interview with Eudora Welty conducted by Beth Henley at Eudora Welty's house in Jackson, Mississippi on February 21, 1994.
Summary:
On a "bright, frozen day" in Mississippi, 95-year-old Phoenix Jackson makes her mythic journey into town for the medicine her grandson needs. Touching upon themes of family, love, aging, and poverty, this dramatization of Eudora Welty's classic story "A Worn Path" provides both a heroic image of the human spirit enduring against tremendous odds and a poignant commentary on the African-American experience.
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