The Road to Galveston
Released: 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).
Starring: Cicely Tyson, Piper Laurie, Tess Harper, James McDaniel, Starletta DuPois, Salle Ellis, Penny Johnson, Brandon Hammond
Directed by: Michael Toshiyuki Uno
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Language: English
Scenes
Julia (Tess Harper) is an alcoholic who is in the early stages of senility. She is shown standing by the side of the road yelling "I gotta pee!," then she goes into a barn to accomplish this task. The peeing is not shown, but she does manage to accidentally burn the barn down with her cigarette.