Directed by:
Martin RittCinematography:
John A. AlonzoComposer:
John WilliamsCast:
Jon Voight, Paul Winfield, Madge Sinclair, Tina Andrews, Antonio Fargas, Hume Cronyn, Gracia Lee, Ruth AttawayPlots(1)
In the late 1960s, Pat Conroy accepts a teaching job on a small island of the South Carolina coast. When he gets there, Conroy finds that his school is essentially a shack, filled with illiterate students who cannot count, and do not even know that they live in the United States. Conroy disagrees with the methods of the principal who has convinced the students that they are lazy and unintelligent, and decides to try new ways to reach them. The students thrive as Conroy exposes them to films, classical music, and teaches them to swim. When his unconventional methods are criticized by the local leaders, Conroy responds by confronting them about the institutional racism that has held his students back. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Jon Voight](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/409/162409834_f9e622.jpg)
Jon Voight
USA
Best movies:
Heat (1995)
Enemy of the State (1998)
Coming Home (1978)
![Paul Winfield](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271341_3d0445.jpg)
Paul Winfield
USA
Best movies:
The Terminator (1984)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
The Blue and the Gray (1982) (series)
![Madge Sinclair](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/230/162230376_322420.jpg)
Madge Sinclair
Jamaica
Best movies:
The Lion King (1994)
Roots (1977) (series)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series) - a.f.
Tina Andrews
USA
Best movies:
Roots (1977) (series)
Conrack (1974)
Born Innocent (1974) (TV movie)
![Antonio Fargas](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/280/280527_e0f84d.jpg)
Antonio Fargas
USA
Best movies:
The Gambler (1974)
Florida Straits (1987) (TV movie)
Conrack (1974)
![Hume Cronyn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/789/163789612_31b5e0.jpg)
Hume Cronyn
Canada
Best movies:
Cleopatra (1963)
12 Angry Men (1997) (TV movie)
Brute Force (1947)
Gracia Lee
USA
Best movies:
Conrack (1974)
The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)
Two-Minute Warning (1976)
Ruth Attaway
USA
Best movies:
Being There (1979)
Porgy and Bess (1959)
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)