Sudie and Simpson

• Director: Joan Tewkesbury
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Drama
• Movie Type: Social Problem Film, Childhood Drama
• Themes: Race Relations, Social Injustice, Small-Town Life
• Release Year: 1990
• Country: US
• Run Time: 95 minutes

Plot

Based on Sara Flanigan Carter's semi-autobiographical novel, the made-for-cable Sudie and Simpson is about a White 12-year-old girl called Sudie who becomes friends with a shy, lonely Black adult named Simpson who has been ostracized from their rural Georgia town. Eventually, the small community becomes enraged about their friendship, and Simpson is unjustly accused of child molestation. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Movie Guide

Cast

Reid Binion - Billy Harrigan; Larry Black - Mr. Ethridge; Paige Danahy - Mary Agnes; Frances Fisher - Miss Marge; Sara Gilbert - Sudie; Louis Gossett, Jr.; Ed Grady - Mr. Crowder; Scott Higgs - Lem Coker; John M. Jackson; Howard Kingkade - Earl Rice; Ted Manson - Mr. Henderson; Tom Nowicki - Mr. McMillian; Linda Pierce - Mrs. Clark; Tim Powell - Mr. Clark; Larry Shuler - Hunter #1; Jane Smithwick - Nettie; Ken Strong - Mr. Harrigan; Kathy Thomas - Girl #1; Benji Wilhoite - Bully #1; Wallace Wilkinson - Preacher Miller; Robby Preddy - Mrs. Harrigan; David Lenthall - Hunter #2

Credit

Wendy Kurtzman - Casting, Elizabeth McBride - Costume Designer, Colleen Kelsall - Costume Designer, Joan Tewkesbury - Director, Michel Colombier - Composer (Music Score), Lynn Barber - Makeup, Mario di Leo - Cinematographer, Derek Kavanagh - Production Manager, Sara Flanigan Carter - Book Author

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