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.
Director Mike Newell
Cast
CCH Pounder
Rachel Twymon
Sean McCann
Frank Power
James Farentino
Mayor Kevin White
Donal Logue
Danny McGoff, Jr.
Hattie Winston
Daisy Voight
Samuel L. Jackson
Rev. Bob McClair
Louis Ferreira
Billy McGoff
Lorraine Toussaint
Alva Debnam
Robert Gossett
Arnold Walker
Mike Starr
Terry Cattson
Frankie Faison
Otis Debnam
Ken Pogue
Father Buckley
Bernard Behrens
James St. Clair
Erika Alexander
Cassandra Twymon
Daniel O'Shea
Danny McGoff, Sr.
Lawrence Dane
Bob Murphy
Nicolas Van Burek
Kevin McGoff
James McDaniel
Steve Grace
Kathleen Doyle
Kathleen
Jane Curtin
Alice McGoff
Richard Thomas
Colin Diver
Beeson Carroll
Healy
Gerard Parkes
Father Foley