Directed by Oscar-winning actress Kathy Bates, this film follows a manipulative southern matriarch over the course of three days of politics, spousal abuse, death, and the July heat.

A southern matriarch rules and manipulates her family, constituents, friends, and self through the age old ploy of denial. They are a family of three generations of southern women who survive three days of politics, spousal abuse, death, and the July heat.