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Plot

Based on Sara Flanigan Carter's semi-autobiographical novel, the made-for-cable Sudie and Simpson is about a White 12-year-old girl called Sudie who becomes friends with a shy, lonely Black adult named Simpson who has been ostracized from their rural Georgia town. Eventually, the small community becomes enraged about their friendship, and Simpson is unjustly accused of child molestation.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Drama
Run Time:
95min.
DVD Release Date:
02/03/2001
Director(s):
Joan Tewkesbury
Themes:
Social Injustice,Small-Town Life,Unlikely Friendships,Race Relations
Tone:
Bittersweet,Earnest,Poignant
Keywords:
childhood-adventures,criminal,cross-cultural-relations,culture [social culture],false-accusation,friendship,generation-gap,innocence,molestation,prejudice,racism,relationship,survivor
Language:
English