Storyline

A young field administrator for the TVA comes to rural Tennessee to oversee the building of a dam on the Tennessee River. He encounters opposition from the local people, in particular a farmer who objects to his employment (with pay) of local black laborers. Much of the plot revolves around the eviction of an elderly woman from her home on an island in the River, and the young man's love affair with that woman's widowed granddaughter.—Sam Neff

Plot Keywords

matriarch, grandchild, administrator, townspeople, gripping, passionate, river, tennessee, farmhouse, activism, environment, greed, discovery, transformation, 1930s

Short Review

Both sections of the flavorful, vernacular-filled screen play have been given professional treatment.

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