Resting Place

SYNOPSIS

Tautly scripted by Walter Halsey Davis and impeccably paced by director John Korty, this is one of the best TV movies ever made in America. Combining the themes of racial prejudice and military cover-up, this engrossing drama shuttles back and forth between Georgia and Vietnam as army officer John Lithgow seeks to discover why a black war hero has been denied burial in his home-town cemetery. Morgan Freeman and CCH Pounder also excel as the boy's proud parents, but it's the way in which Lithgow peels away the conspiratorial layers to reveal a shameful act of cowardice that provides the film's fascinating focus.