RAINBOW BEACH

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... The Rainbow Beach story © is set against a background of historical events that brought about fundamental change in civil liberties in America in the 1950's and 1960's. Jack, a reporter for the Chicago Defender, is sent from the familiarity of his urban surroundings to cover the Clarkesdale elections. From a relatively sophisticated and tolerant Chicago society, Jacks visit to Clarkesdale Mississippi is an eye opener and his values and humanity are tested to the full. Prejudice, violence and hardship were the norm in Clarkesdale, as they were in most of the southern states. Slavery for farm workers, long since abolished, had been replaced by sharecropping and for millions of African Americans this too was fast becoming an impossible existence... The project , already 5 years in the making, has been the labour of love of singer Del..

Primary location: United Kingdom