The Secret Path
1999·Movie
·1h 38min·


About
14-year-old Jo Ann Foley lives in squalor in a rural Southern community during World War II. Abused by her bootlegging grandfather Hank, Jo Ann has, like her mother Marie, been forced into a life of prostitution. Periodically escaping her miserable existence, Jo Ann finds comfort, security, and genuine love with a poor but proud African American couple: Honey and Too Tall.
Gritty Social DramaComing-of-Age StruggleSouthern GothicWWII HomefrontAbuse & ResilienceFound Family ThemesBleak but HopefulPoverty & Class IssuesCharacter-Driven
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Crew
Directed by:
Bruce Pittman, Patricia Joyes
Written by:
Quinton Peeples, Bill C. Davis, Rose Mary Evans
Produced by:
Robert Greenwald, Philip K. Kleinbart, Franklin Lett
Composed by:
Stephen Edwards, Scott Sedillo
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