Summary A regular day in a Louisiana sugarcane plantation changes course when a local white farmer is shot in self defense. A group of old, black men takes a courageous step by coming forward en masse to take responsibility for the killing of a white racist, whom one of their members has shot. As the Sheriff confronts the suspects, the young plantation owner stands alone in her daring defense of this group of men, provoking racial tension that makes a compelling drama. View more details
Directed : Volker Schlöndorff
Written : Charles Fuller Ernest J. Gaines
Stars : Louis Gossett Jr. Richard Widmark Holly Hunter Joe Seneca
Genres : Drama
Release date : May 9, 1987
Countries of origin : United States West Germany
Language : English
Filming locations : Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA
Production companies : CBS Bioskop Film Consolidated Productions
Summary A regular day in a Louisiana sugarcane plantation changes course when a local white farmer is shot in self defense. A group of old, black men takes a courageous step by coming forward en masse to take responsibility for the killing of a white racist, whom one of their members has shot. As the Sheriff confronts the suspects, the young plantation owner stands alone in her daring defense of this group of men, provoking racial tension that makes a compelling drama. View more details
Genres : Drama
Release date : May 9, 1987
Countries of origin : United States West Germany
Language : English
Filming locations : Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA
Production companies : CBS Bioskop Film Consolidated Productions