Savannah

Savannah is the true story of Ward Allen (Jim Caviezel) 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 (Chiwetel Ejiofor) 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 (Jaimie Alexander) 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. (Gryphon Entertainment)