Racial ten­sions are del­i­cate­ly explored when a warm friend­ship evolves between an elder­ly Jew­ish woman and her black chauf­feur in the Deep South just pri­or to the Civ­il Rights move­ment. Win­ner of a 1988 Pulitzer Prize, and Acad­e­my Awards for Best Pic­ture and Best Adapt­ed Screenplay.