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PBS Online Film Festival
2014 Festival | Diamond John
Season 2014
Episode 1
John Wesley Huddleston tries to support his wife and five daughters by digging for gold and precious minerals, but the ground has consistently turned up dry. When faced with the news that his family's farm is facing imminent foreclosure, John is forced to decide between getting a respectable job, or continuing his passionate prospecting with unlikely hopes of striking it rich.
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