Carlin Glynn

Convicts -- In rural Texas 1902, 13-year-old Horace (Haas) toils on a run-down plantation to buy a tombstone for the father he lost a year earlier. Soll (Duvall), the crusty old Confederate who owns the plantation, has yet to pay the boy a penny of the money he owes him. But on Christmas Eve, as Soll becomes obsessed with his own mortality, he makes a grand promise... forcing Horace to confront his fear of death and the harsh truths of a decadent society.

Convicts -- After escaping a morning work detail, two convicts break loose and flee up river. Their escape and there own personal demons plague this last ditch effort for survival.

In rural Texas 1902, 13-year-old Horace (Haas) toils on a run-down plantation to buy a tombstone for the father he lost a year earlier. Soll (Duvall), the crusty old Confederate who owns the plantation, has yet to pay the boy a penny of the money he owes him. But on Christmas Eve, as Soll becomes obsessed with his own mortality, he makes a grand promise... forcing Horace to confront his fear of death and the harsh truths of a decadent society.

Northern California...1895. A group of Italian immigrants, settlers in a grape-growing region, refuse to sell their land to the railroad trust set up by a ruthless industrialist. When one of the immigrants is murdered by the industrialist's henchman, open warfare breaks out between the trust and the people.