NOONDAY FLOWER

A black girl born into an all-white village in 1930's Michigan - where old ideas and prejudices linger - discovers her true self. Named for her birth at noon on a sunny day in the early 1930's. Noonday Flower is destined to lead a remarkable life. As an African American girl raised in the all-white village of Walhalla, Michigan. Noonday finds the odds stacked against her from the beginning, just as they were for her mother. When teacher Maggie Dunn recognizes Noonday's potential, she tries to en