Conrack
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.
Leadbelly
The life of Blues and folk singer Huddie Leadbetter, nicknamed Leadbelly is recounted. Covering the good times and bad from his 20s to 40s. Much of that time was spent on chain gangs in the south. Even in prison he became well known for the songs he had composed and sung during and before the time he spent there.
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Martin Ritt
Director
Paul Winfield
as
Mad Billy
Madge Sinclair
as
Mrs. Scott
Jon Voight
as
Pat Conroy
Hume Cronyn
as
Skeffington
Ernie Hudson
as
Archie
Alan Manson
as
Captain Freeman
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