Release Year:
1990MMPA Rating:
NRNetflix Star Rating:
4.0 / 5 StarsAvailable Since:
January 01, 2014The Long Walk Home
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.
Cast Summary:
Dylan Baker, Whoopi Goldberg, Lexi Randall, Ving Rhames, Chelcie Ross, Sissy Spacek, Schuyler Fisk, Dan Butler, Erika Alexander, Dwight Schultz, Richard Habersham