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The story of famous pianist Don Shirley and his chauffer-turned-friend Tony Vallelonga pains a triumphant picture of two unlikely comrades overcoming the boundaries of the racist Deep South in the 1960s. Vallelonga's son, Nick, is one of the screenwriters and has been widely praised for its accuracy. Of the film, he said, "It happened to my father the way it happened."

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