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.

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