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Drama Feature films. Foreign Video recordings for the hearing impaired. videorecordingSummary: When Odessa Cotter, a quietly dignified woman who works as a housekeeper for Miriam Thompson honors the 1955 Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott by walking an exhausting nine miles to and from work, Miriam offers her a ride. Defying both Miriam's racist husband and the powerful White Citizen's Council, Miriam and Odessa put their lives in danger for civil rights. Their shared experiences draw them...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Platinum Disc Corp. 2002
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA LONCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie LongSummary: Athol Fugard's searing coming of age masterpiece set in apartheid era South Africa. On a rainy afternoon in his mother's tea house, lonely 17 year-old Hally and Sam and Willie, two middle-aged black servants, share idyllic memories of their lifelong friendship. But when Hally learns that his invalid alcoholic father is coming home from the hospital, he unleashes his resentment and rage on Sam...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Image Entertainment 2011