Esther Rolle

In 1923 a black town in Florida was burned to the ground, its people murdered because of a lie. Some escaped and survived because of the courage and compassion of a few extraordinary people.

A troubled single mother from a tough Chicago neighborhood is sent to spend a summer at her family's ancestral home in rural Mississippi. With the support and wisdom of her hardworking uncle, she finally sees a way to reverse her life's downward slide.