Summary: A young, white teacher is assigned to an isolated island 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 that they have virtually developed their own language ("Conrack" is their way of saying his name, Conroy) and, in fact, don't have much interest in learning about anything outside the island. He has to find a way to get through to these kids and teach them (imdb)

Genre: Drama

Country: USA

Directed By: Martin Ritt

Written By: Irving Ravetch, Pat Conroy

Starring: Jon Voight, Paul Winfield, Madge Sinclair, Antonio Fargas, Tina Andrews, Ruth Attaway

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