In 1978, strong-willed yet idiosyncratic Steve Wiggins follows his father\'s military footsteps and enrolls in South Carolina Military Academy, a bastion of Southern principles and severe discipline.
While attending a military academy is a difficult trial, it teaches important lessons, including but not limited to stoicism, perseverance, and tenacity..
Standing Tall highlights an African American\'s experience in a marginalized environment with pervasive Southern ideology.
At home, he wears a smile, and his parents take pride in him for dedicating himself to such a disciplined life.
He feels exasperated and in need of someone to talk to.
Steve is no longer speaking to his girlfriend.
There is a new pastor.
The faces from his childhood are absent from church.
When Steve returns home, he notices a change in Charleston.
While on campus, Steve stumbles into a moral dilemma to either expose a situation or remain silent to safeguard his secret.
In Charleston, South Carolina, where the Confederacy and slave trade cast a shadow over the city\'s history, the mayor begins an ambitious new project that attempts to bring the city out of the dark.
The students whisper about Steve when he passes, and their words follow him like shadows of the palmetto trees swaying in the breeze.
The academy only recently allowed black cadets to attend and is in the early stages of a policy enforcement against the upperclassmen\'s notorious hazing.
In 1978, strong-willed yet idiosyncratic Steve Wiggins follows his father\'s military footsteps and enrolls in South Carolina Military Academy, a bastion of Southern principles and severe discipline
