They Flew Like Blackbirds
"When you know, you will fly."
In the old American South, a black teen with a white adoptive family becomes curious about her roots after hearing birds for the first time.
"When you know, you will fly."
In the old American South, a black teen with a white adoptive family becomes curious about her roots after hearing birds for the first time.
Cayla Jackson
Belle
Rachel Brownhill
Anne
Henry Tisdale
Jack
Dylan Redshaw
Jo
Derek Reginald
Man
Brielle Anderson
Baby Belle
Nora Reichert
Young Jo
In the old American South, a black teen with a white adoptive family becomes curious about her roots after hearing birds for the first time.
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