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Civil Rights | Racial Segregation
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Outstanding Lead Actress in a Motion Picture | 1993 | Whoopi
Human Rights | 1992
Best Young Actress Starring in a Motion Picture | 1991 | Lexi
One of the buses used in the background is the actual bus #2857 on which Rosa Parks was arrested. The bus was in such bad shape that it had to be repainted and towed by a cable in scenes where it is moving. It has since been fully restored, and is now on display at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan.
During a March 2020 interview with Terry Gross on the National Public Radio program "Fresh Air," Octavia Spencer recalled that as a Montgomery, Alabama, high school student she managed through sheer persistence to convince the producers of "The Long Walk Home" to hire her as an on-set intern. Many years later, Octavia Spencer went on to win a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for the movie "The Help," which, like "The Long Walk Home" also starred Sissy Spacek.
In order to avoid the heavy competition of the holiday season, the film was withdrawn from distribution by Miramax following its December 1990 limited release and re-released March 22, 1991.
Upon arriving home from college, Sara wants to eat dinner at the Elite. The Elite Cafe was a Montgomery institution during the 60's.
One of the girls in the park , Schuyler Fisk , is Sissy Spacek's daughter.
"[last lines] Narrator: 50,000 boycotted the buses in Montgomery. I knew one. Her name was Odessa Cotter."
"Odessa Cotter: Miss Thompson, I don't want your children to grow up scared of mine. Miriam Thompson: It's just that a lot of the whites are scared. I'm a little scared. Odessa Cotter: We're all scared. What's scarin' you Miss Thompson, who you are, or what Mr. Thompson wants you to be?"
