Family Reunion is a 1981 television miniseries drama directed by Fielder Cook.
It stars Bette Davis as an elderly New England school teacher, who is given a bus ticket as a retirement gift. She uses the ticket to visit family members across the country. Davis's real-life grandson, J. Ashley Hyman plays one of the major supporting roles.
When the Porter and Wilson Families are brought together in a South Central emergency room,they are forced to confront the unresolved issues that have left them estranged for almost 20 years. It's a reconciliation complicated by transgressions of the past. Divorce, spirituality, interracial relationships and forgiveness are all explored in this drama of two families. A gripping story of consequence that brings these families into their own~Family Reunion Written by Tony Bracy
The part of Davis, Bette' traveling companion was played by her real life grandson, Hyman, J. Ashley.
