An American Girl Story - Melody 1963: Love Has to Win (2016)

October. 21,2016

7.5

| Family

Watch Now

Set in Detroit during the Civil Rights Movement, "An American Girl Story - Melody 1963: Love Has to Win" examines the joyful life and troubled times of an irrepressible 10-year-old African-American girl whose vivid imagination and creativity reinforce her optimism. When shocking national events threaten her sense of security, Melody must find inner strength to restore her hope for a better world.

...

Watch Trailer

Cast

Marsai Martin as Melody Ellison

[2022] black-ish: A Celebration – An ABC News Special [2021] Dear Earth [2021] PAW Patrol: The Movie [2021] Spirit Untamed [2021] The Most Magical Story on Earth: 50 Years of Walt Disney World [2020] Dragons: Rescue Riders: Huttsgalor Holiday

Idara Victor as Frances Ellison

[2022] Minx [2020] First Christmas [2019] Alita: Battle Angel [2016] An American Girl Story - Melody 1963: Love Has to Win [2011] Watching TV with the Red Chinese

Frances Fisher as Miss Abbot

[2021] This Is Not a War Story [2021] Awake [2021] Grace and Grit [2020] Holidate [2019] Run the Race [2018] Marrying Mr. Darcy

Reviews

Micransix

2016/10/21

Crappy film

Salubfoto

2016/10/22

It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.

Kien Navarro

2016/10/23

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Deanna

2016/10/24

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.