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The Road to Galveston

"They were four lost souls until she led them down the road to a place called home."

Jordan Roosevelt, at 65, found herself alone, destitute, and depressed. Up against the wall, she took heart from the suggestion of a friend, a blind woman who was a nurse: enter a foster care program in which one takes care of patients in their own home. The patients she cares for are Alzheimers sufferers, and she shares her home with three other women in advanced stages of the disease, one (Gayle) wheelchair bound. And with these women, Jordan realizes a lifelong dream - to feel the ocean breeze. An accidental find of a coffee can stash of cash, buried by her late husband, makes the trip possible. Based on the true story of Peggy Lee of Camilla, Texas (the Alzheimers, the patients, and the foster care program are actual, the trip to the Galveston beaches is fictional).

Top Cast

  • Cicely Tyson

    Cicely Tyson

    Jordan Roosevelt

  • Piper Laurie

    Piper Laurie

    Wanda Kirkman

  • Tess Harper

    Tess Harper

    Julia Archer

  • James McDaniel

    James McDaniel

    Marcus Roosevelt Sr.

  • Starletta DuPois

    Starletta DuPois

    Sally

  • Salle Ellis

    Salle Ellis

    Gayle

  • Penny Johnson Jerald

    Penny Johnson Jerald

    Laney Roosevelt

  • Brandon Hammond

    Brandon Hammond

    Marcus Roosevelt Jr.

  • Stephen Root

    Stephen Root

    Ed Kirkman

Overview

Jordan Roosevelt, at 65, found herself alone, destitute, and depressed. Up against the wall, she took heart from the suggestion of a friend, a blind woman who was a nurse: enter a foster care program in which one takes care of patients in their own home. The patients she cares for are Alzheimers sufferers, and she shares her home with three other women in advanced stages of the disease, one (Gayle) wheelchair bound. And with these women, Jordan realizes a lifelong dream - to feel the ocean breeze. An accidental find of a coffee can stash of cash, buried by her late husband, makes the trip possible. Based on the true story of Peggy Lee of Camilla, Texas (the Alzheimers, the patients, and the foster care program are actual, the trip to the Galveston beaches is fictional).

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