Desc: The Wishing Tree: Directed by Ivan Passer. With Alfre Woodard, Helen Shaver, Mary Alice, Blair Underwood. After her mother's death, Clara, a middle-aged attorney, returns home to Savannah, where she begins to realize how much she misses her roots. Clara reminisces with old friends about her mother who was a legendary storyteller, but when one of the stories begins to come true, the results are frightening.