A worn path / Harcourt Brace College Publishers presents ; a Bruce R. Schwartz film ; producer, Joseph M. Davis ; adapted for the screen and directed by Bruce R. Schwartz.

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On a "bright, frozen day" in Mississippi, 95-year-old Phoenix Jackson makes her mythic journey into town for the medicine her grandson needs. Touching upon themes of family, love, aging, and poverty, this dramatization of Eudora Welty's classic story "A Worn Path" provides both a heroic image of th...

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Corporate Authors: Harcourt Brace College Publishers, Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Other Authors: Welty, Eudora, 1909-2001, Henley, Beth, Schwartz, Bruce R., Day, Cora Lee, Ferrell, Conchata, Markell, Jodie, 1959-, Dourif, Brad, 1950-
Language:English
Published: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, [2004], ©2004.
Subjects:
Welty, Eudora, > 1909-2001 > Television adaptations.
Welty, Eudora, > 1909-2001 > Film adaptations.
Welty, Eudora, > 1909-2001 > Interviews.
Poor older people > Fiction.
Short stories, American.
African American women > Fiction.
African Americans > Mississippi > Fiction.
Authors, American > 20th century.
Film adaptations.
Short films.
Genre:
Television adaptations.
Film adaptations.
Interviews.
Fiction.
Short films.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (32 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Eudora Welty : a worn path.
Format: Video DVD
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Summary:
On a "bright, frozen day" in Mississippi, 95-year-old Phoenix Jackson makes her mythic journey into town for the medicine her grandson needs. Touching upon themes of family, love, aging, and poverty, this dramatization of Eudora Welty's classic story "A Worn Path" provides both a heroic image of the human spirit enduring against tremendous odds and a poignant commentary on the African-American experience.
Note:This disc has been recorded using DVD-R equipment and may not play in all DVD players.
Based upon the story by Eudora Welty.
Originally produced by Harcourt Brace & Company in 1994.
Special features: "Two Pulitzer Prize authors discuss 'A Worn Path'" (9 min.), an interview with Eudora Welty conducted by Beth Henley at Eudora Welty's house in Jackson, Mississippi on February 21, 1994.
Videorecording.
Call Number:PS3545.E6 W66 2004 VideoDVD
ISBN:9780736552585
0736552588
Credits:Photographed by Brian C. Glover ; editor, James A. Fletcher ; music, Rocky Davis.
System Details:DVD.
Cast:
Cora Lee Day (Phoenix Jackson), Conchata Ferrell (Nurse), Jodie Markell (Clinic attendant), Brad Dourif (the Hunter).