Movielogr
Savannah (2013)
Directed by Annette Haywood-Carter
Overview
Savannah is the true story of Ward Allen, a romantic and bombastic character who rejects his plantation heritage for the freedom of life on a river. Ward navigates the change of early 20th century America on the wrong side of the law and society, his long-time friend, a freed slave named Christmas Moultrie, at his side. Master of Shakespeare, and the shotgun that provides Savannah’s markets with fowl, Ward fights for his rights as a hunter. His charisma and eloquent rhetoric win the heart of a society woman who defies her father to marry him. An elderly Moultrie tells the story of life on the river with his friend to a little boy, who passes the legendary Ward Allen down to the next generation.
Rated PG-13 | Length 101 minutes
Actors
Tracey Walter | Chiwetel Ejiofor | Jim Caviezel | Sam Shepard | Hal Holbrook | Bradley Whitford | Jack McBrayer | Jaimie Alexander | Simone Griffeth | Clay Chappell | Chip Lane | Anthony Paderewski | Geoff McKnight | Michael R. Long | Mark Tymchyshyn | Jimmy Hager | Greyson Turner | Benjamin Frankenberg | George Whitford