Overview
The small town of Elroy, South Carolina is thrust into the evangelical
spotlight when what seems to be the image of Jesus appears on a
refrigerator in a trailer park. The discovery by Lou Ann Hightower, her
husband Dwayne, and her best friend Betsy, sets into motion a frenzy of
conflict, communion and good old fashioned commerce. When the National
Investigator turns the appearance into front-page headlines, their
trailer park becomes a Mecca for miracle seekers, soul searchers and
disciples with a decidedly political agenda. At the urging of the towns
business leaders, Betsy pretends to get messages from the
appliance-based apparition, and the crowds multiply like loaves and
fishes. Through the ordeal, the three undergo an evolution in their
relationships with each other, and they are forced to come to grips with
their lowly status in the caste system of the rural south. In a region
where religion is as much a part of life as grits and cotton fields, God
surely moves in mysterious ways.