A young, white school teacher is assigned to Yamacraw Island, an isolated fishing community off the coast of South Carolina, populated mostly by poor black families. He finds that the basically illiterate, neglected children there know so little of the world outside their island.
Sound | John Williams | Original Music Composer |
Camera | John A. Alonzo | Director of Photography |
Production | Lynn Stalmaster | Casting |
Directing | Anthony Brand | Second Assistant Director |
Editing | Frank Bracht | Editor |
Directing | Irby Smith | Assistant Director |
Directing | Martin Ritt | Director |
Production | Martin Ritt | Producer |
Art | Walter Scott Herndon | Production Design |
Costume & Make-Up | Margo Baxley | Costume Design |
Writing | Irving Ravetch | Screenplay |
Writing | Harriet Frank Jr. | Screenplay |
Production | Harriet Frank Jr. | Producer |
Production | Richard Kobritz | Unit Production Manager |
Production | Richard Kobritz | Associate Producer |
Writing | Pat Conroy | Novel |
Art | John McCarthy Jr. | Set Decoration |
Directing | Marvin Weldon | Script Supervisor |