Wild River
Event

Film Screening: Wild River (1960)

With Carrie Rickey.

Elia Kazan’s 1960 drama stars Montgomery Clift as a Tennessee Valley Authority official charged with persuading an elderly matriarch (Jo Van Fleet) to move from her home for construction a dam that will floor the river to provide electricity and prevent soil erosion. He falls in love with the woman’s granddaughter, played by Lee Remick.