Movie Info

A delicate look at a young woman's passionate quest for self-awareness and acceptance in a time of social injustice and world war. Virginia (Frances F...(read more...) isher) visits her Aunt Millie (Alice Drummond) for Christmas and finds a collection of letters from World War II. As the film flashes back from the present to 1940s Mississippi, the letters reveal much about her aunt's life as a young woman and the climate of prejudice that surrounded her.

Director: Tom Rice

MPAA: Unrated

Release Date: Dec 31, 2001

Cast: Alice Drummond, Beth Grant, Bill Campbell, Elise Neal, Frances Fisher, Frances Sternhagen, Gary Cole, Jennifer Holliday, Laurel Holloman, Liam Aiken, Mark Webber, Mason Gamble, S. Epatha Merkerson, Tess Harper