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Conrack (1974)

Conrack (1974)

Drama

One beautiful man. His story is true.

Release Date: 1974, March 27
Directors: Martin Ritt
Countries: United States of America
Production: 20th Century Fox
Cast: Paul Winfield, Madge Sinclair, Jon Voight, Antonio Fargas, Hume Cronyn, James O'Rear, Ruth Attaway, Thomas Horton, Tina Andrews, Gracia Lee, C.P. MacDonald, Jane Moreland

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.

Keywords:

racism school island teacher south carolina gullah