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.
11-02-1997
1h 36m
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Main Cast
Movie Details
Production Info
Director:
Lloyd Kramer
Production:
Harpo Films
Key Crew
Screenplay:
Lloyd Kramer
Producer:
Jay Benson
Director of Photography:
Ericson Core
Producer:
Oprah Winfrey
Music:
Anton Sanko
Locations and Languages
Country:
US
Filming:
US
Languages:
en
Main Cast
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