Eighth Wonder: The Thomas Bethune Story

It's 1852. An odd slave baby, born blind and feeble, is left to die in a sweltering smokehouse. Rescued by his new master, the ailing blind boy is useless on the plantation, until one night he begins playing Mozart--at the age of three. The once useless child becomes known throughout the world as Blind Tom. Caught between the traditions of the South and the force of change championed by abolitionists, the talented autistic slave and the master who saved his life desperately need one another...