AllegedisaromanticdramabasedoneventsoccurringbehindthescenesandoutsidethecourtroomofthefamousScopes"MonkeyTrial"of1925.CharlesAnderson,atalentedyoungreporter,feelstrappedworkingforhisdeceasedfather’sweeklynewspaperandlivinginatinytown(Dayton,TN)insteepdecline.Seeingthe"MonkeyTrial"asaonce-in-a-lifetimeopportunitytobreakintothejournalisticbigleagues,Charlesmanagestoinserthimselfintothemiddleofthe"TrialoftheCentury."Onceinthemidstofthisstagedevent,however,heistornbetweenhisloveforthemoreprincipledRose,hisfiancée,andtheescalatingmoralcompromisesthatheisaskedtomakeastheeagerprotégéofH.L.Mencken,America’smostcolorfulandinfluentialcolumnist.WrittenbyDeanRiverProductions
