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In a world of abuse and violence, one person gave her hope
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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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.
Cast & crew
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 HartSheriffExplore the crew
- Director
- Lloyd Kramer
- Screenplay
- Lloyd Kramer
- Producer
- Jay Benson
- Director of Photography
- Ericson Core
- Writer
- Connie May Fowler
- Editor
- Stephen Semel
- Producer
- Oprah Winfrey
- Original Music Composer
- Anton Sanko