Common Ground

Common Ground

185 mins | Drama, TV Movie | March 25, 1990

Fact based story about the racial tensions that occurred in Boston in the 1970's because of court ordered busing to end desegregation. The story focuses on an African-American mother determined to get her children a quality education and a white lawyer trying to deal with inner city problems.

Common Ground

185 mins | Drama, TV Movie | March 25, 1990

Common Ground
Fact based story about the racial tensions that occurred in Boston in the 1970's because of court ordered busing to end desegregation. The story focuses on an African-American mother determined to get her children a quality education and a white lawyer trying to deal with inner city problems.
Producers Lorimar Productions
Original title Common Ground
Directors Mike Newell
Writers J. Anthony Lukas, Edward Hume

Cast

Jane Curtin

as Alice McGoff

CCH Pounder

as Rachel Twymon

Erika Alexander

as Cassandra Twymon

Georgia Emelin

as Lisa McGoff

Sean McCann

as Frank Power

James Farentino

as Mayor Kevin White

Richard Thomas

as Colin Diver

Mary Kane

as Joan Diver

Lorraine Toussaint

as Alva Debnam

Andrew Starnes

as Brad Diver

Sean McCarthy

as Ned Diver

Kathleen Doyle

as Kathleen

Daniel O'Shea

as Danny McGoff, Sr.

Annie O'Sullivan

as Mary Ann Matthews

Robert Gossett

as Arnold Walker

Shawana Kemp

as Little Rachel Twymon

James Canning

as Larry Matthews

Hattie Winston

as Daisy Voight

Frankie Faison

as Otis Debnam

Louis Ferreira

as Billy McGoff

Lawrence Dane

as Bob Murphy

Beeson Carroll

as Healy

Darien Berry

as Terry Floyd

Mike Starr

as Terry Cattson

James McDaniel

as Steve Grace

Charles Brown

as Byron

Samuel L. Jackson

as Rev. Bob McClair

Gerard Parkes

as Father Foley

Ken Pogue

as Father Buckley

Edward Atienza

as Father Boyle

Elizabeth Paddon

as Mrs. Green

Bernard Behrens

as James St. Clair

Nicolas Van Burek

as Kevin McGoff

Donal Logue

as Danny McGoff, Jr.