Conrack

Conrack

One beautiful man. His story is true.

PG 1974 · 106 min · ★ 6.8 · 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.

Directed by Martin Ritt · Written by Harriet Frank Jr.

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