One beautiful man. His story is true.
1974 · PG · 1h 46m · Drama
Genres: Drama
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.
Director: Martin Ritt
Writers: Pat Conroy, Harriet Frank Jr., Irving Ravetch
Music by: John Williams
Cinematography: John A. Alonzo
Editor: Frank Bracht