The movie is set in rural Oklahoma in the early 1980s, where many homes lack running water and others are in poor condition. The story follows Wilma Mankiller and Charlie Soap, a full-blood Cherokee organizer, as they work together to build a 16-mile waterline system using volunteers from the community.
The Cherokee Word for Water
Wilma Mankiller's remarkable journey concludes with her historic appointment as the first female Chief of the Cherokee Nation in recent history.
