Another name that movie if you will

[expectantsteelerfan]

Something just made me think of a movie I used to watch several times with a friend of mine when we were at her house and I want to try to find it but can't remember the name of it or much about it.

I *think* it was about a little black girl and a little white girl who were friends but their parents tried to keep them apart?

The only part I really remember is one of the girls climbing a tree outside the other girl's house to try to see her after they were separated, and she falls from the tree and breaks her leg.  

It definitely gave me "Annie" vibes, but my friend and I used to watch that at her house too (and I'm no longer in touch with that friend so I can't ask her).

I spent a lot of time at this girl's house from 1989-1994, but it could have been from earlier in the 80's too (it was a VHS movie she would put on).

[Nonny]

Polly, the late '80s remake of Pollyanna with Keisha Knight Pullium and Phylicia Rashad immediately popped into my head, but Polly doesn't break her leg when she falls out of the tree, she hurts her back and ends up in leg braces.

[katfco]

Oct 16, 2021 16:24:36 GMT -5 Nonny said:

Polly, the late '80s remake of Pollyanna with Keisha Knight Pullium and Phylicia Rashad immediately popped into my head, but Polly doesn't break her leg when she falls out of the tree, she hurts her back and ends up in leg braces.

That popped into my head, too, but it's not really about 2 friends being kept apart. More about 2 sides of a town. 

[Nonny]

Oct 16, 2021 16:28:24 GMT -5 katfco said:

Oct 16, 2021 16:24:36 GMT -5 Nonny said:

Polly, the late '80s remake of Pollyanna with Keisha Knight Pullium and Phylicia Rashad immediately popped into my head, but Polly doesn't break her leg when she falls out of the tree, she hurts her back and ends up in leg braces.

That popped into my head, too, but it's not really about 2 friends being kept apart. More about 2 sides of a town. 

Yeah, I couldn't really remember if she had a friend or not. Just that there were racial tensions.

[expectantsteelerfan]

Oct 16, 2021 16:24:36 GMT -5 Nonny said:

Polly, the late '80s remake of Pollyanna with Keisha Knight Pullium and Phylicia Rashad immediately popped into my head, but Polly doesn't break her leg when she falls out of the tree, she hurts her back and ends up in leg braces.

YES, it was definitely Polly!  Thank you! 

And it makes sense that it was a Wonderful World of Disney movie (that she must have recorded off the tv) because I remember her having the Disney channel when we didn't was one of the things that made her house so much better than ours!

[expectantsteelerfan]

Oct 16, 2021 16:28:24 GMT -5 katfco said:

Oct 16, 2021 16:24:36 GMT -5 Nonny said:

Polly, the late '80s remake of Pollyanna with Keisha Knight Pullium and Phylicia Rashad immediately popped into my head, but Polly doesn't break her leg when she falls out of the tree, she hurts her back and ends up in leg braces.

That popped into my head, too, but it's not really about 2 friends being kept apart. More about 2 sides of a town. 

The 2 girls were all my 8 year old self paid attention to apparently.  At least it registered with me and stuck with me that race was an issue for them at that point.

[tacokick]

Corrina, Corrina?

ETA never mind!

[Nonny]

Oct 16, 2021 16:42:10 GMT -5 expectantsteelerfan said:

Oct 16, 2021 16:24:36 GMT -5 Nonny said:

Polly, the late '80s remake of Pollyanna with Keisha Knight Pullium and Phylicia Rashad immediately popped into my head, but Polly doesn't break her leg when she falls out of the tree, she hurts her back and ends up in leg braces.

YES, it was definitely Polly!  Thank you! 

And it makes sense that it was a Wonderful World of Disney movie (that she must have recorded off the tv) because I remember her having the Disney channel when we didn't was one of the things that made her house so much better than ours!

Hooray! I never get these things.