The Water Is Wide
Plot: Pat Conroy, an ambitious, slightly rebellious idealistic teacher accepts Bennington county, SC's school board superintendent's offer to teach the all-black kids of the pauper fishery community on Yamacraw Island. Staffless 'head' mistress Brown incarnates stupidity and blind rule obedience, her didactic skills consisting in scolding and spanking her students

Robert Clotworthy
Jeff Hephner
Frank Langella
Alfre Woodard
Julianne Nicholson
LaTanya Richardson Jackson
James Murtaugh
Stephen Ware
Don A. King
Michael Harding
John Kent Harrison