Set in Montgomery, Alabama, United States, during the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott, it follows Odessa Cotter ( Whoopi Goldberg), an African-American woman who works as a maid/nanny for Miriam Thompson ( Sissy Spacek). Cork, however, was unhappy with the finished project and unsuccessfully tried to block screenings of the short film. The short film won several awards, including first place at the Black American Cinema Society. The scenario on which the film is based, actually happened to Cork and his maid, Elizabeth Gregory Taylor, in his hometown of Montgomery, Alabama. While USC selected Cork's script for production, the department assigned Beverlyn E. He had submitted his script to the Cinema Department for consideration, hoping also to direct it. The feature film is based on a short screenplay and film of the same name, written by John Cork, then a graduate student in directing at USC.
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