Black Soil

Kannappan is posted to Perumalpuram as the new schoolteacher. The village lies in the black soil region of Tamil Nadu where the river Tamirabarani flows. He's an outsider in this village with Veerayyan a local farmer as his only guide and friend. Once settled in his role Kannappan observes the everyday brutality faced by the farmers at the hands of the sadistic all-powerful landlord-the Master. Child marriage is common in the village and so is the appalling practice of marrying young lads to old...See More