In rural Tennessee, a young TVA administrator arrives to oversee the construction of a Tennessee River dam, only to face resistance from the local community, particularly a farmer who disapproves of the use of black laborers. The story centers on the eviction of an elderly woman from her island home and the administrator's romantic relationship with the woman's granddaughter.
Wild River
A stern TVA official attempts to forcibly remove a determined elderly woman from her home on a river island as the surrounding waters threaten to submerge it.