by Perry Seibert
synopsis
Joe Roth directs his adaptation of Richard Price's novel Freedomland from a script by the author. Samuel L. Jackson stars as a police detective who must investigate a distraught woman (Julianne Moore) who claims that her child was kidnapped by a black man. The accusation stirs up much racial animosity in the town. Edie Falco co-stars.
characteristics
- Missing-person
- Lost-child
- Inner City Blues
- Race-relations
- Ghetto
- Housing-project
