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Alice Drummond, Beth Grant, Bill Campbell

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 Fisher) visits her Aunt Millie (Alice Drummond) for...( read more  read more... ) 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.

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Directed by: Tom Rice

Release Date: June 1, 2002

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DVD Release Date: October 28, 2003

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November 11, 2002
Edward Havens, FilmJerk.com

A solid cast, assured direction and complete lack of modern day irony. full review

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