Conrack

1974 | 106 minutes | 6.7 ★ (32)

Conrack
  • Overview

    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.

  • Release Date

    27 March 1974

  • DirectingMartin Ritt
  • Budget

    $0.00

  • Revenue

    $0.00

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