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The Water Is Wide (2006)
Director: John Kent Harrison
Cast: Robert Clotworthy, Jeff Hephner, Frank Langella, Alfre Woodard
Runtime100 min
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Pat Conroy, an ambitious, slightly rebellious idealistic teacher accepts Bennington county, SC's school board superintendent's offer to teach the all-black kids of the pauper fishery community on Yamacraw 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.
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Fans of powerful human dramas and social justice issues will appreciate the timely themes and nuanced performances in The Water Is Wide, a 2006 TV movie directed by John Kent Harrison that explores a teacher's efforts to revolutionize education for an impoverished black community in the segregated South.
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