Author: Shawn Fisher
Synopsis: Delores
Wright is the wealthy town matriarch and former elementary school principal and
Bo Wells is the custodian who worked under her strict supervision for most of
his life. When they find themselves stranded together in the old condemned
schoolhouse, their reunion takes a dark turn and they relive their first
meeting, decades earlier. It was 1952, when some schools were first integrated
in this region nicknamed the “Mississippi of the North”. Bo’s wife, the
school’s first black teacher, was found drowned in a nearby river, hanging by
her ankle from an old rope swing after it was rumored she had struck a white
child. The papers dismissed it as an accident resulting from the “wild and
drunken actions of a young colored woman”. When Mrs. Wright reveals that she
has dreams about the incident, Bo suspects she knows more than she admits. As
the night grows colder and the failing health of Mrs. Wright becomes
increasingly evident, Bo tries to understand his wife’s final moments and Mrs.
Wright’s role in her death.
Cast Size: 1 Senior Male, 1 Senior Female, 1 Male (20s)
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