Coming down squarely on the side of the angels, this factual drama revisits the landmark Supreme Court decision in the case of Sipes vs. McGhee, which barred racist covenants from home-sale contracts. Blue-collar worker Benjamin Sipes (Bruce Greenwood) has more in common with Mac McGhee (Roger Guenveur Smith) than he initially realizes. In post-World War II Detroit, both men move their struggling families into an all-white neighborhood. Sipes, who's Caucasian, finds grudging acceptance; McGhee, who's African-American, finds a burning cross on his lawn. Despite the bigotry of her neighbors and her upwardly mobile husband's censure, Anna Sipes (Linda Hamilton) develops...
Released:
1999
Rated:
PG
Length:
92 mins