Overview
A young, white school teacher is assigned to Yamacraw Island, an isolated fishing community off the coast of South Carolina, populated mostly by poor black families. He finds that the basically illiterate, neglected children there know so little of the world outside their island.
DirectorMartin Ritt
ProducersMartin Ritt, Harriet Frank Jr.
ScreenplayIrving Ravetch, Harriet Frank Jr.
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LanguageEnglish
Production companies20th Century Fox
TaglineOne beautiful man. His story is true.
