In the early 1900s, the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina serves as home to a black fishing community. Crippled beggar Porgy, who travels about in a goat-drawn cart, loves the drug-addicted Bess, who lives with stevedore Crown, the local bully.
Mr. Chips, an aged teacher, recounts his story of love, loss and learning over his decades-long tenure at Brookfield, an all-boys English boarding school. A new opera based on the 1930s novel, reimagined for film.
