The Sun Shines Bright (1953)

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BACKGROUND

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The Sun Shines Bright is, in many respects, the most daring example of Ford’s life long attempt to reconcile opposing camps at a time in which dark forces were dividing the country and the world in two. As he had done several times in the past, Ford depicts the post Civil War south but this time he presents a collection of misfits and outcasts serve as the heart and soul of their 

community. It seems that Ford had it in mind to celebrate those Southerners who opposed slavery and racism in their hearts yet were culturally bound to support their friends and neighbors in the Southern war for the confederacy nevertheless.

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PLOT SUMMARY

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Judge Priest and his close circle of friends may be nostalgic for the old south but they also serve as bastions of humanity and justice in a dangerously volatile region. 

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