![]() ![]() Brown commands respect and expects everyone to follow the rules, but Conroy soon realizes that while they are intelligent enough, the children don't seem to be learning very much. Brown, the principal, who serves as the other teacher. ![]() The year is 1969, but the isolated Yamacraw School lags far behind mainland schools, despite the best efforts of Mrs. His wife Lou drives the school bus and also serves as the postmistress and, for lack of a better word, librarian (the only books are about war, donated by Stone). Once on the island, Conroy meets Ted Stone, a war veteran who is police chief, fire marshal and pretty much everything else. And only Zeke runs a boat to Yamacraw no one else dares try to navigate these waters. Despite the fact that he is engaged to Barbara (Julianne Nicholson), who has a daughter Jenny, Conroy will have to live on the island accessible only by boat. His attitude intimidates Conroy, who imagines he is being criticized by his demanding marine father. Piedmont (Frank Langella), the county school superintendent, has recently been put in charge of the island school, once supervised by Mr. In this Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation based on the real-life experiences of Pat Conroy, the fictional Conroy gets an opportunity to teach poor black children on Yamacraw Island in Beaumont County, South Carolina. ![]()
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