Memphis story
A law clerk with six months left to live due to an inoperable brain tumor finds himself transported back in time to Memphis, Tennessee on the day of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination. Directed by: Eriq La Salle. Story by: Eriq La Salle.
16 total · 2 choice · 4 major · 10 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| coping with a terminal illness | choice | Ray was given six months left to live due to an inoperable brain tumor. |
| what if I found myself in the past | choice | Ray was transported back in time to 1968 Memphis after getting hit by a car. |
| civil rights | major | The story is set in Memphis in the midst of the civil rights movement. |
| mother and son | major | Adelaide was raising Lucas as a single mother. |
| single motherhood | major | Adelaide was raising Lucas as a single mother. |
| you must fight for what you want | major | Ray kept telling Lucas this. The doctor told Ray that he needed to fight to beat his terminal cancer. |
| choosing who dies and who lives | minor | Ray choose to save Lucas rather than Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. |
| coping with being disfigured | minor | Lucas was self-conscious about a conspicuous birth mark he had on his face. |
| facing being evicted from one's home | minor | Ray use his knowledge of law to help save Adelaide and her young son Lucas get evicted from their home. |
| future point of view | minor | Ray was taken aback when Adelaide said it was too far away to go to the hospital today - also she didn't know what Advil was; Ray peeved by the racist attitude of an officer. |