I watched this in my Southern Politics class in college and did not even know who George Wallace was. By the end of the movie, I was bawling my eyes out...literally. This film is a beautiful story of forgiveness and redemption, while also being an educational bio of the infamous Alabama Governor and racial politics.
Watch it if you can. You will not be disappointed. And if you are a history/gov't/polisci teacher, this is an excellent film to show your students; very interesting and very moving. I'm surprised there hasn't been a big Hollywood movie from his life yet... it would surely be an Oscar winner if done right