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: Despite its success, the film has faced criticism from those who feel it presents a patronizing or overly romanticized view of race relations in the pre-Civil Rights South. Watch Driving Miss Daisy 1989

Set in the late 1940s through the early 1970s in Atlanta, Georgia, Driving Miss Daisy is a poignant story of an unlikely friendship that blossoms over twenty-five years. Based on a true story, the film centers on Daisy Werthan, a fiercely independent, elderly Jewish widow and former schoolteacher. Driving Miss Daisy teaches us a lesson about

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The film concludes in 1973, with Daisy now in a retirement home and Hoke visiting her as a loyal friend, marking the end of a relationship that transcended the social boundaries of its time.