Where to Watch The Water Is Wide (2006)

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Released January 29th, 2006, 'The Water Is Wide' stars Robert Clotworthy, Jeff Hephner, Frank Langella, Alfre Woodard The movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 40 min, and received a user score of 60 (out of 100) on TMDb, which collated reviews from 2 knowledgeable users.

Interested in knowing what the movie's about? Here's the 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. Pat moves heaven and earth to motivate and educate, but after finally getting trough to pupils and parents is refused contract renewal by the arch-conservative authorities." .