Ode

The story

"Tallahatchie Bridge": With those two simple words, the powerful images of a lost innocence, a murky river and a mysterious suicide spring to mind. Scorning the demands of her overbearing family, Bobbie Lee Hartley and Billy Joe McAllister meet at their usual Choctaw Ridge trysting place and attempt to consumate their forbidden love. Ode attempts to reconcile modern moralites with a tradition-bound faith, and asks whether it's possible to commit a sin against a religion that won't even have you as a member.

Cast & crew

Heather Gottlieb

Heather GottliebBobbie Lee

Kevin Poole

Kevin PooleBilly Joe

Jon WursterJames

Jim Wiley

Jim WileyReverend Hartley

Bonnie JohnsonMrs. Hartley

Bill Mooney

Bill MooneyFather McGuire

Matt Neal

Matt NealFair Guy

Martin Baucom

Martin BaucomRude Passerby

Michelle J. Moore

Michelle J. MooreBillie Joe's Mom

Terry Bisson

Terry BissonNarrator (voice)