Year: 1986
Runtime: 111 mins
Language: English
Director: Jerrold Freedman
A young Black man working as a chauffeur for a white family in 1940s Chicago inadvertently kills the couple’s teenage daughter. As he attempts to hide the crime, the incident spirals into a shocking scandal that exposes racial tensions and brings the community’s conscience into question.
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