"In 1960s Texas, the Whit family has gathered to pay respects to their late patriarch, the venerable Sparta (Martin Sheen). But when L'il Sparta (Quinton Jones) is unexpectedly visited by the ghost of his deceased grandfather, the family's darkest secrets -- and most luminous charms -- are revealed. W. Blake Herron directs this Southern melodrama co-starring Chris Noth, Olivia d'Abo and Robert Patrick."