The community where Christy teaches begins to resent her attempts to bring progress to the town.

Christy Huddleston (Lauren Lee Smith) returns to her small town of Cutter Gap learned in the ways and means of a larger world. But the people of the tiny Tennessee burg are not ready for her big ideas, as they would rather stick to their traditions even as the rest of the world is embracing the burgeoning excitement of the early 20th century. Christy must learn some hard lessons of love and loyalty as she follows through her mission of persuasion.