The residents of the small Florida town of Lorimer work hard to feed their families and support their community, overcoming the hardships of life; drought, personal loss, financial insecurity, and the racial tensions of the day. It is 1940, and with war looming overseas the future is cloudy, a feeling reinforced when an Army base is built near Lake Luisa, the town's only water supply. Soon after, the lake level begins to drop and the farmers and residents...