Sudie & Simpson Movie Review 1990

Heart-tugging tale of friendship set in rural 1940s Georgia. Twelve-year-old white Sudie's forbidden friendship with the adult black Simpson provides a lot of talk in their small town. Racial barriers finally cause Simpson to be accused of child molestation and the odds of his survival, despite his innocence, don't seem great. Based on Sara Flanigan Carter's autobiographical novel.

Distribution

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 95 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

African America, Childhood Visions, Period Piece: 1940s

Screenplay

Sara Flanigan Carter, Ken Koser

Cast

Sara Gilbert, Louis Gossett, Frances Fisher, John M. Jackson, Paige Danahy, Ken Strong

Cinematography

Mario DiLeo

Director

Joan Tewkesbury

Music

Michel Colombier