The Long Walk Home Movie Review 1989

In Montgomery Alabama, in the mid 1950s, sometime after Rosa Parks refused to sit in the black-designated back of the bus, Martin Luther King Jr. led a bus boycott. Spacek is the affluent wife of a narrow-minded businessman while Goldberg is their struggling maid. When Spacek discovers that Goldberg is supporting the boycott by walking the nine-mile trek to work, she sympathizes and tries to help, antagonizing her husband. The plot marches inevitably toward a white-on-white showdown on racism while quietly exploring gender equality between the women. Outstanding performances by Spacek and Goldberg, and a great 50s feel.

Distribution

Proud to Be...A Black Video Collection, 1235-E East Blvd., Ste. 209, Charlotte, NC 28203, Phone: (704)523-2227

Available on VHS
Running time 95 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Protests, Civil Rights, Period Piece: 1950s, African America, The Help: Female

Screenplay

John Cork

Cast

Dan E. Butler, Sissy Spacek, Whoopi Goldberg, Dwight Schultz, Ving Rhames, Dylan Baker

Cinematography

Roger Deakins

Director

Richard Pearce

Music

George Fenton

Other

Mary Steenburgen

Producer

Taylor Hackford, Jr. Howard W. Koch, New Visions, Miramax Films