Synopsis
An adaptation of Connie May Fowler's 1996 novel tracing the unlikely friendship between a young white girl, daughter of an alcoholic mother and a no-good father, and a tender-hearted but reclusive black woman in the rural South of the '60s.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
7 audience votes
Key crew
- Lloyd KramerDirector
- Lloyd KramerScreenplay
- Connie May FowlerWriter
- Anton SankoOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Ellen BarkinGlory Marie Jackson
- Tina MajorinoAvocet Abigail 'Bird' Jackson
- Oprah WinfreyZora Williams
- Julia StilesPhoebe Jackson
- Burt YoungLouis Ippolito
- John SavageBilly Jackson
- William Lee ScottHank Jackson
- Louis CrugnaliL.J. Ippolito
- David HartSheriff
Stills
Themes
semi autobiographical