Media    From 1989 

Driving Miss Daisy

Categories: Cinema

Film starring Jessica Tandy and Morgan Freeman. The plot centres around an elderly Jewish woman and her African-American chauffeur. It explores racism, and anti-semitism in the American south. It won four Academy Awards including best picture.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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