A black railroad worker in Alabama's marriage to
the town's preacher's daughter disintegrates as it becomes increasingly harder
to live in the Jim Crow south in this 1964 film by Michael Roomer. The
Washington Post has called it "one of the most sensitive films about black
life ever made in this country." It won the San Giorgio Prize at the 1964
Venice Film Festival - an award given to films considered especially important
for the progress of civilization. It was added to the National Film Registry in
1993 for its cultural and historical significance. Panel: TBD.
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