Conrack (1974)

Starring:

• Jon Voight
• Paul Winfield
• Madge Sinclair
• Tina Andrews
• Antonio Fargas
• Ruth Attaway
• James O'Rear
• Gracia Lee
• C.P. MacDonald
• Jane Moreland
• Thomas Horton
• Nancy Butler
• Robert W. Page

Storyline
In this uplifting drama based on the memoir "The Water is Wide," Pat Conroy (Jon Voight) accepts a teaching position on an isolated island in South Carolina. There he finds a class of black students who are illiterate and want simple personal hygiene. Conroy contradicts the lax institutional standards and exposes his students to a wide range of topics. Still, those in power do not take kindly to his efforts to overturn their racist policies.