Spark (1998)

Byron and Nina, a young African American couple, are driving from Chicago to Los Angeles, where Nina plans to start college, when they are forced to stop in a small, desert place just this side of a ghost town. Unaccustomed to confronting racism and bigotry on the scale preserved in this rural anachronism, Byron's confrontational response to slurs, epithets and threats quickly leads to a fight for survival -- and the Chicago couple is alone and outnumbered.

Released Jan. 16, 1998 103 min None+

Genres: Drama, Thriller

Keywords: imdb.car-breakdown, imdb.graffiti, imdb.based-on-short-film, imdb.one-word-title, imdb.husband-wife-relationship, imdb.motel, imdb.restroom + 22 more, imdb.white-trash, imdb.mental-retardation, imdb.diner, imdb.frame-up, imdb.false-accusation, imdb.murder, imdb.tension, imdb.claustrophobia, imdb.race-relations, imdb.fish-out-of-water, imdb.social-injustice, imdb.on-the-road, imdb.redneck, imdb.racist, imdb.stranded, imdb.killing-a-dog, imdb.dog, imdb.racial-tension, imdb.independent-film, imdb.title-spoken-by-character, soundmix.dolby-sr, aspectratio.1-85-1