Set during the forced integration of the Boston school system during the 1970s, a period in which public schools were under court control to desegregate through a system of cross-district bussing for poor Black and white neighbourhoods, Daniel Adams The Walk charts the escalating interracial tension in the region at the time.
Starring Justin Chatwin (War of the Worlds), Terrence Howard (Iron Man), Lovie Simone (The Craft: Legacy), Katie Douglas (Pretty Hard Cases), Anastasiya Mitrunen (An L.A. Minute), Jeremy Piven (Entourage), and Malcolm McDowell (Father Stu), you can check out the trailer below…
Boston Irish cop Bill Coughlin contends with fierce social pressure in his neighbourhood and rampant bigotry within the police force after being assigned to protect black high school students bused into all-white South Boston High during the court-ordered forced integration of the Boston School System in 1974. The political and social fallout resulted in brutal violence and city-wide protests. The film also is the story of Wendy Robinson, an 18-year-old black student, and her father Lamont, who both display immense bravery and moral fortitude. And the story of Kate, Bill’s 17-year-old daughter, whose racism evaporates when she witnesses Wendy and Lamont’s brave acts, as all three stories collide during that fateful first day of school.
The Walk arrives in theatres on June 10th.
