The Atavist: The Color of Love

John Wayne, a 10-year-old boy, swings a pine club at his abusive stepfather during a fishing excursion in South Carolina, and knocks him into a flooding river. His limp body lodges half submerged in the forks of a fallen tree. John flees in a 10-year-old's fear that he will be sent to the electric chair. His flight brings him into contact with a Negro family, who befriend him and help him make his way to the Mississippi Delta. 10 years earlier, in Mississippi, Mary Helen loses both parents ...