The Long Walk Home

The Long Walk Home is a 1990 American historical drama film starring Sissy Spacek and Whoopi Goldberg, set in Montgomery, Alabama, during the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott. The film follows Odessa Cotter (Whoopi Goldberg), an African-American woman who works as a maid/nanny for Miriam Thompson (Sissy Spacek), as they navigate issues of poverty, racism, segregation, and violence amidst the city's widespread boycott of buses. As the boycott continues, tensions rise, and Miriam must choose between her beliefs and pressure from her husband and community leaders.