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Jordan Roosevelt


“They were four lost souls until she led them down the road to a place called home.”
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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Release Date
January 24, 1996
Runtime
1h 33m
Rating
4.5 / 10
Votes
4
Budget
Not available
Revenue
Not available
Status
Released
Popularity
1.9
The Swinging Light
Meet the actors behind the movie.

Jordan Roosevelt

Wanda Kirkman

Julia Archer

Marcus Roosevelt Sr.

Sally
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Gayle

Laney Roosevelt

Marcus Roosevelt Jr.

Ed Kirkman

Christopher, the Caretaker

Roland Tate

Nurse Dickerson
The Swinging Light
The directors, writers, and producers behind the movie.
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