After being denied a promotion at the university where she teaches, Doctor Lily Penleric, a brilliant musicologist, impulsively visits her sister, who runs a struggling rural school in Appalachia. There she stumbles upon the discovery of her life - a treasure trove of ancient Scots-Irish ballads, songs that have been handed down from generation to generation, preserve... Read all
Director: Maggie Greenwald
Cast:Janet McTeer , Michael Harding , Michael Davis , Michael Goodwin , Gregory Russell Cook , Jane Adams , E. Katherine Kerr , Emmy Rossum , Pat Carroll , Stephanie Roth Haberle , Aidan Quinn , Bart Hansard , Erin Blake Clanton , David Patrick Kelly , Kristin Hall , Taj Mahal , Muse Watson , Iris DeMent