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On Promised Land

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Wealthy and white, the Appletrees are secure in their station in 1950s Georgia. Mrs. Appletree (Joan Plowright) is the paragon of Southern womanhood, while her son Albert (John M. Jackson) owns a prosperous lumberyard. Others are less fortunate. The civil rights movement may be afoot, but little change can be felt in lives of the Appletrees' black workers. But old values are challenged when Mrs. Appletree befriends one of her laborer's sons, Jimmy (Norman D. Golden II).

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Jennifer Mangan Chicago Tribune 09/13/2019
Disney has once again provided families with a solid, value-oriented film. Go to Full Review Lynne Heffley Los Angeles Times 09/13/2019
Joan Plowright and Carl Lumbly grace the screen with equally impressive stature, 9-year-old actor Norman D. Golden II can break your heart with a glance and Judith Ivey's portrait of bigotry is poison personified in... "On Promised Land." Go to Full Review Laura Fries Variety 09/13/2019
Disney telepic has "quality" writ large all over it. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Joan Tewkesbury

Director

Joan Plowright

Mrs. Appletree

Norman D. Golden II

Jimmy "Jim Jam" Ween

Judith Ivey

Olivia

Carl Lumbly

Floyd Ween

John M. Jackson

Albert Appletree
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Synopsis Wealthy and white, the Appletrees are secure in their station in 1950s Georgia. Mrs. Appletree (Joan Plowright) is the paragon of Southern womanhood, while her son Albert (John M. Jackson) owns a prosperous lumberyard. Others are less fortunate. The civil rights movement may be afoot, but little change can be felt in lives of the Appletrees' black workers. But old values are challenged when Mrs. Appletree befriends one of her laborer's sons, Jimmy (Norman D. Golden II).
Director
Joan Tewkesbury
Producer
Cleve Landsberg
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (TV)
Apr 17, 1994
Runtime
1h 39m