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- The film details the hardships faced by a young girl named Jo Ann Foley while growing up in 1930s rural Tennessee. Its story is based on her real-life experience with physical, mental, and s**ual abuse at the hands of her own family. It ultimately led to Jo Ann being depressed in adulthood and seeking therapy with Rose Mary Evans.
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Jun 21, 2024 · The movie is based on the true story of Jo Ann Foley, whose real-life experience with childhood trauma is recounted in the 1994 book.
- Ending of The Secret Path (1999), Explained: Did Jo Ann ...
Jo Ann Foley's childhood wasn't easy in any possible way....
- Ending of The Secret Path (1999), Explained: Did Jo Ann ...
Jun 21, 2024 · Jo Ann Foley's childhood wasn't easy in any possible way. Her journey begins with her being abused and abandoned in the woods by her grandfather, Hank, only to be mysteriously returned...
May 31, 2024 · Is it based on a true story? Chasing Secrets is loosely based on Rose Mary Evans’ 1994 autobiography, ‘Childhood’s Thief: One Woman’s Journey of Healing from Sexual Abuse.’
The Secret Path: Directed by Bruce Pittman. With Della Reese, Crystal Bernard, Madeline Zima, Yvonne Zima. In this drama, a neglected young white girl in the rural South is befriended by an unlikely couple and finds the solace and nurturing she needs to transform her downtrodden life.
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- Biography, Drama
- Bruce Pittman
- 1999-04-04
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- Critical Reception
Set in the rural South, the film tells the story of Jo Ann Foley, a neglected and abused young girl who is taken in by a caring African-American couple.
Della Reese as HoneyOssie Davis as Too TallLynda Mason Green as JoAnn Foley (age 40)Crystal Bernard as Marie FoleyDavid Kronke from Variety magazine said: "For most of its running time, "The Secret Path" is a simplistic, terribly earnest story of race relations in the Old South until it turns into something far stranger, a tonally flat drama that plays like an after-school special about white slavery."
Apr 2, 1999 · Overview. 14-year-old Jo Ann Foley lives in squalor in a rural Southern community during World War II. Abused by her bootlegging grandfather Hank, Jo Ann has, like her mother Marie, been forced into a life of prostitution. Periodically escaping her miserable existence, Jo Ann finds comfort, security, and genuine love with a poor but proud ...
14-year-old Jo Ann Foley lives in squalor in a rural Southern community during World War II. Abused by her bootlegging grandfather Hank, Jo Ann has, like her mother Marie, been forced into a life of prostitution.
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