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Siamo nella metà degli anni Cinquanta nello Stato dell'Alabama. Odessa è una donna di colore, orgogliosa della sua razza e decisa a far valere i propri diritti. Così, visto che sui mezzi di trasporto pubblici non è consentito a una persona di colore scegliersi un posto, torna a casa a piedi. Miriam, la sua padrona, è molto comprensiva e non ha problemi a dibattere il problema col marito razzista.
(1990) Dramma , Storia
Data rilascio : 21/12/1990
regia di Richard Pearce
Cast
Sissy Spacek - Miriam Thompson
Whoopi Goldberg - Odessa Cotter
Dwight Schultz - Norman Thompson
Ving Rhames - Herbert Cotter
Dylan Baker - Tunker Thompson
Erika Alexander - Selma Cotter
Lexi Randall - Mary Catherine
Richard Habersham - Theodore Cotter
Jason Weaver - Franklin Cotter
Crystal Robbins - Sara Thompson
Cherene Snow - Claudia
Chelcie Ross - Martin
Dan Butler - Charlie
Philip Sterling - Winston
Schuyler Fisk - Judy (Girl at Oak Park)
Nancy Moore Atchison - Anne (Girl at Oak Park)
Haynes Brooke - Policeman at Oak Park
Jim Aycock - Roger
Rebecca Wackler - Lucille
Charles Hubbard - Mr. Cooper
Harriet Sumner - Mrs. Cooper
Gleaves Azar - Grandma Thompson
Jim Haffey - Bus Driver
Stacy Fleming - Tall Boy
Jefferson Taffet - Boy #2
Jay Reed - Boy #3
Afemo Omilami - Taxi Driver
Debbie Hackett - Betsy
Lynne Pickering - Laura Ann
Fairley McDonald - Jeff Sewell
Graham Timbes - Clyde Sellers
Norman Matlock - Preacher
Dorrell Dorsey - Woman in Church
Bobby Howard - Clipboard Man
Cynthia B. Wilson - Black Maid
Dan Jenkins - Auburn Fan #1
Katherine Conely - Mrs. Midgley
Sherwood 'Ric' Pearson - George Millo
Kevin Thigpen - Worker #1
Everett McCorvey - Church Speaker
T. Clifford Bibb - Choir Leader
A. Bernard Sneed - Organist
David E. McCorvey - Older Black Man
Carl Stephens - Newscaster
Perry Carter - Sammy Chancelor
Henry Marcus Jr. - Cliff
Troy La Don Pate - Party Guest
Michael Sansom - Angry Man (Eugene)
Dorothy Love Coates - Lead Singer at Car Lot
Christine Windham - Singer #1 at Car Lot
Gladys Bozwell - Singer at Car Lot
Betty Jean Washington - Singer at Car Lot
Minnie Stringer - Singer at Car Lot
Callie Graham - Singer at Car Lot
Lillian Luddington - Singer at Car Lot
Fidella Earls - Singer at Car Lot
Cynthia King - Singer at Car Lot
Mary Steenburgen - Narrator (voice)