The Johnson’s Story

Rainbow Beach, a moving tale of triumph over adversity and hope over despair, is set in a period in American history that most would care to forget. Between the 1940s and 1970s the southern states witnessed an exodus of over five million black sharecroppers fleeing a life of prejudice and poverty and heading north.

Jack, a reporter for the Chicago Defender, becomes unwittingly entwined in the lives of one such family — with consequences that nobody could have predicted. With music from Russ Courtenay and script by Del Afrique, Rainbow Beach is both powerful and unforgettable drama.

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