一部混合纪录与故事的作品。曾被纽约TIMES杂志评选为全年十佳电影之一。奥斯卡最佳纪录片提名，最佳剧本及摄影提名。A documentary account of the rehabilitation at the Wiltwyck School of an emotionally disturbed Black boy who is unwanted, misunderstood, and inwardly tortured.

At the start of the First World War, in the middle of Africa’s nowhere, a gin soaked riverboat captain is persuaded by a strong-willed missionary to go down river and face-off a German warship.

In Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.