Color Me Dark
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Helaine Head
Alison Sealy-smith
Jamie Robinson
Makyla Smith
Barry Kennedy
Barbara Mamabolo
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Synopsis
Special based on the Scholastic book series that tells fictional stories about heroic young women during important periods in American history. Set in 1919, the story concerns two sisters from Tennessee, Nellie Lee and Erma Jean, who try to recover after a vicious act of racism results in the death of their Uncle Pace. Moments before Pace dies, he tells Erma Jean something so awful that she is stunned into silence, and she refuses, or can't, speak. When the family takes Erma Jean to Chicago to visit doctors about her voice, they decide to move there in hope of a better life. One day, a riot breaks out at the beach, and Nellie Lee is caught up in the turmoil. To save her sister, Erma Jean breaks her silence. Once she has recovered her voice, Erma Jean is able to share Uncle Pace's final words with the rest of the family.
