Keyword: gullah

Daughters of the Dust

6.5

1991

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A languid, impressionistic story of three generations of Gullah women living on the South Carolina Sea Islands in 1902.

Conrack

7.3

1974

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The true story of Pat Conroy, an idealistic and handsome Caucasian teacher who is an elementary school instructor for a group of poor black children in an isolated school.

The Water Is Wide

7

2006

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Pat Conroy, an ambitious, slightly rebellious idealistic teacher accepts Bennington county, SCs school board superintendents offer to teach the all-black kids of the pauper fishery community on Yamacrew Island. Staffless head mistress Brown incarnates stupidity and blind rule obedience, her didactic skills consisting in scolding and spanking her students. Pat moves heaven and earth to motivate and educate, but after finally getting trough to pupils and parents is refused contract renewal by the arch-conservative authorities.