based on novel   marriage   father son relationship   hotel   1950s   bus   exploitation   1980s   u.s. president   breaking and entering   trophy wife   mississippi   ku klux klan   racism   african american   1960s   prejudice   southern belle   no title at beginning   maid   stanford university   n word   multiple time frames   injustice   washington d.c.   psychology   abuse   apartheid   tuxedo   martin luther king jr.   racial issues   death of wife   emotional manipulation   white house   prisoner   miscarriage   experiment   white gloves   based on a true story   intimidation   vietnam war   protest   civil rights   black panther party   kennedy assassination   drinking problem   simulation   first job   reference to barack obama   baking   activism   domestic servant   birmingham alabama   class divide   human nature   university of mississippi   military funeral   civil rights movement   racial hatred   adult living with parents   black servant   chocolate pie   daughters of the american revolution   dying from cancer   fired from job   high class   jackson mississippi   moral courage   newspaper columnist   reference to gone with the wind   ressentiment   rich parents   university education   writing a novel   magical negro stereotype   2008 presidential election   based on newspaper article   cotton plantation   estranged son   freedom bus   freedom rider   nashville tennessee   sit in   student activist   selma alabama   reference to malcolm x   human behavior   psychological experiment   stanford prison experiment   funeral   writer   1970s   butler   riot   power   title appears in writing   voice over narration   husband wife relationship   rape   pregnant   two word title   mother daughter relationship   no opening credits   reference to martin luther king jr.   death of father   prison guard   southern u.s.   prison