Tall Cotton

<p>In the summer of 1970 in the small town of Lowell Mississippi ten-year-old Bailey Connor lives in constant fear of his abusive father Otis. His mother Annie dreams of an escape and accepts a job working for Jim Cunningham a wealthy white plantation owner. But when Jim is found brutally stabbed to death Annie a Black woman in a town still deeply segregated is quickly accused of the crime. Since the Connors have no money for a lawyer and the nearly all-white jury is poised to convict Annie's fate seems sealed-the electric chair waits in the shadows.</p><p></p><p>While visiting Lowell Jonathan Streeter a prominent Black attorney with a troubled past reluctantly agrees to take on Annie's case. With Bailey's world thrown further into turmoil he desperately tries to help Jonathan free his mother.</p><p></p><p>As the trial gains national attention Jonathan uncovers a tangled web of lies corruption and deep-seated racial hatred woven into the very fabric of Lowell all tied to Jim's murder. While violence escalates and interference from the local KKK grows Jonathan and Bailey become trapped in a life-and-death struggle against those determined to bury the truth... and the two of them along with it.</p>