Conrack
1974 · 106 min
Directed by Martin Ritt. Written by Harriet Frank Jr.. Starring Jon Voight, Paul Winfield, Madge Sinclair, Tina Andrews.
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.
Critics 62% · audiences 76%