The phrase "rural south" refers to the regions in the southern part of a country that are made up of small towns, farms, and open countryside. Full definition
Unlike some, I actually live in the sort of rural south — in a failed mill town where the average annual family income is barely above the poverty level. (firstthings.com)
-- Gina Prince - Bythewood wrote and directed this moving drama, based on the best - selling novel by Sue Monk Kidd, about a 14 - year old girl (Dakota Fanning) who, longing to find out more about her deceased mother, runs away from rural South Carolina home and winds up in the care of a beekeeper (Queen Latifah) and her sisters (Alicia Keys, sophie Okonedo). (awfj.org)
Sheila Lynn Roberts: Writer - director Maggie Greenwald's sensitive interracial romance unfolds against the backdrop of prejudice in rural South Carolina during WWII. (awfj.org)