Determined to save his family’s farm from foreclosure, a naïve farm boy hires on as an armed coal mine guard only to find he’s a catalyst for change in the life of another mine guard with twisted principles, a big-hearted but lonely packhorse librarian shunned for her blue skin, and black miners who live in fear of eviction or death for their secret union activities.
When Ruth Levin’s fiancé committed suicide, time for her was suddenly rearranged to tick in one of two directions: forward or back from that moment. Showing us that suicide is neither a cowardly nor a selfish act, this renowned interpretive dancer processed her grief the only way she knew how: through somatic movement.
A single grandmother donates a kidney to an absolute stranger in honor of the two sons and grandson she lost.
A long-time unemployed but newly homeless father hijacks a local TV news station in a desperate attempt to offer his estranged (but now hostage) wife the “once-in-a-lifetime” scoop to launch her career as a rookie reporter so she can provide for their children’s futures – with or without him.