An overlooked time and place in American history are reexamined through the story of a local legend.

Did you know prohibition was the law of the land in many Southern States well before national prohibition came to the forefront of American politics? One William Anderson 'Bell Tree' Smith helped to lay the blueprint for moonshiners and bootleggers that would later rise to national prominence. He was a man of many contradictions. A philanthropist and a criminal. Many believe the Governor of Alabama had it in for him. For the first time ever on screen we explore the life and Legend of 'Bell Tree' Smith.—Anonymous