Louis Gossett, Jr. stars in this film based on Sarah Flanigan Carter's autobiographical novel about a 12-year-old girl named Sudie Harrington, who befriends a gentle black man accused of impropriety with a child in World War II-era Georgia.
Sudie and Simpson
Sudie Harrington, a spirited 12-year-old girl, forms an unlikely friendship with Simpson, a kind-hearted black man falsely accused of a heinous crime in 1940s Georgia.
