It is based on the true story and the book Ward Allen: Savannah River Market Hunter by John Eugene Cay Jr.[1] It stars Jim Caviezel, Jaimie Alexander, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jack McBrayer and Sam Shepard.

[2] Narrated by a 95-year-old Christmas Moultrie (Ejiofor) as he recalls his friendship long ago with Ward Allen (Caviezel) in Savannah back in the early 20th century.

Ward was born into privilege in the mid-1800s but settled for a life of duck hunting, which found him in front of Judge Harden (Holbrook) often.

With the film based on the book Ward Allen: Savannah River Market Hunter, Haywood-Carter co-wrote the screenplay with Kenneth Carter.

Gil Talmi signed on to do the music for the film while Mike Ozier was in charge of cinematography and John David Allen with editing.