Gospel Hill (2008)
Genre : Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Runtime : 1H 39M
Director : Giancarlo Esposito
Writer : Jeff Stacy, Jeffrey Pratt Gordon, Terrell Tannen
Synopsis
Gospel Hill tells the intersecting story of two men in the fictional South Carolina town of Julia. Danny Glover plays John Malcolm, the son of a slain civil rights activist. Jack Herrod (Tom Bower) is the former sheriff who never got to the bottom of the murder. Their paths begin to cross when a development corporation comes to town with plans to raze Julia's historic Gospel Hill.
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