Themes: Fathers and Sons, Social Injustice, Race Relations
Main Cast: Danny Glover, Vicellous Shannon, Loretta Devine, Glynn E. Turman
Release Year: 2000
Country: US
Run Time: 150 minutes
Plot
This made-for-TV movie focuses on the grassroots efforts of a Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) to combat the entrenched racism of the segregated South. The film focuses on Owen Walker (Vicellus Reon Shannon), a youth who longs to address the injustices of his hometown in rural Mississippi. His father Will (Danny Glover) forswore his own previous attempts to organize local blacks. Owen resents his father, until he too realizes the true cost of protesting. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide
Phil Alden Robinson - Director, Maysie Hoy - Editor, Danny Glover - Executive Producer, Sean Daniel - Executive Producer, Phil Alden Robinson - Executive Producer, Carolyn McDonald - Executive Producer, Sweet Honey in the Rock - Composer (Music Score), James Horner - Composer (Music Score), Amy Vincent - Cinematographer, Amanda DiGuilio - Producer, Phil Alden Robinson - Screenwriter, Stanley G. Weiser - Screenwriter
