The People 1972

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Drama Science Fiction TV Movie

A young woman is assigned to teach school in a secluded valley whose inhabitants appear stern, secretive and anti-pleasure. Following two children who disappear to play in the woods, she finds that this is actually a community of extraterrestrials with mild paranormal powers who are attempting to repress and deny their heritage for fear of arousing prejudice and hatred in their human neighbors. Based on a series of novels by the late Zenna Henderson.

Release Date 1972-01-22
Runtime 1h 14m
Directors John Korty, Edward Rosson
Producers Gerald I. Isenberg, Francis Ford Coppola, Charles W. Fries
Writers Zenna Henderson, James M. Miller