Growing up in poverty-stricken, racially segregated, rural Alabama in the late 1940s, a white boy named Ted and a black boy named Poudlum become secret friends, join forces to integrate the
cotton field laborers, and try to stop evil forces from depriving Poudlum's family of their property and livelihood.In 1940s Alabama, a white boy named Ted and a black boy named Poudlum become
secret friends, join forces to integrate the cotton field laborers, and try to stop Poudlum's family being deprived of their property and livelihood.