Haunted by her past and seeking a fresh start, a parolee is imperiled working for a novice private investigator.
THE DO-RIGHT
A feature narrative film adapted from the book
by Lisa Sandlin
An East Texas blend of
mystery and drama in 1973
Back in 1959, 19-year-old Delpha Wade was assaulted by a father-and-son pair of lowlifes. She killed the son as he raped her and wounded the father before he got away. Convicted by an all-male jury, she did fourteen years in the do-right (Southern slang for prison). Now she’s out, but nobody’s rushing to hire a parolee -
THE MAIN CHARACTERS
Delpha harbored small-town dreams as a girl in the Piney Woods of East Texas. The only child of a single mother who died not long after they moved to the big city – Beaumont – Delpha was 19 and working at a diner when two men assaulted her...
(late 20's)
As the teenaged son of a prosperous Beaumont legal family during the Kennedy years, Tom applied himself to the folkways of his knucklehead friends – chasing girls, getting drunk, driving too fast...
(late 40's)
Growing up in a suburb of Dallas, Lucinda endured plenty of teasing for answering too many questions in science classes, and by the time she graduated high school she was determined to work in science come hell or high water.
growing up in a suburb of Dallas, Lucinda endured plenty of teasing for answering too many questions in science classes, and by the time she graduated high school she was determined to work in science come hell or high water.
growing up in a suburb of Dallas, Lucinda endured plenty of teasing for answering too many questions in science classes, and by the time she graduated high school she was determined to work in science come hell or high water.