The Road to Galveston (1996)
Jordan Roosevelt, at 65, found herself alone, destitute, and depressed. Up against the wall, she took heart from the suggestion of a friend, a blind woman who was a nurse: enter a foster care program in which one takes care of patients in their own home. The patients she cares for are Alzheimers sufferers, and she shares her home with three other women in advanced stages of the disease, one (Gayle) wheelchair bound. And with these women, Jordan realizes a lifelong dream - to feel the ocean breeze. An accidental find of a coffee can stash of cash, buried by her late husband, makes the trip possible. Based on the true story of Peggy Lee of Camilla, Texas (the Alzheimers, the patients, and the foster care program are actual, the trip to the Galveston beaches is fictional).
Director: Michael Toshiyuki Uno
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Cicely Tyson as Jordan Roosevelt |
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Piper Laurie as Wanda Kirkman |
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Tess Harper as Julia Archer |
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James McDaniel as Marcus Roosevelt Sr. |
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Starletta DuPois as Sally |
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Salle Ellis as Gayle |
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Penny Johnson Jerald as Laney Roosevelt |
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Brandon Hammond as Marcus Roosevelt Jr. |
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Stephen Root as Ed Kirkman |
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Clarence Williams III as Christopher, the Caretaker |
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Dennis Letts as Roland Tate |
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Patti Yasutake as Nurse Dickerson |
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Tony Frank as Leroy |
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Dee Hennigan as Linda Archer |
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Haskell Craver as Bubba |
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Alex Morris as Teddy Roosevelt |
| Directing | Michael Toshiyuki Uno | Director |
