Finian’s Rainbow

An elderly Irishman, Finian, moves to the southern United States with his daughter Sharon, to bury a stolen pot of gold near Fort Knox, in the mistaken belief that it will grow. Og, a leprechaun, follows them, desperate to recover his treasure before the loss of it turns him permanently human. Complications arise when a bigoted and corrupt U.S. Senator gets involved, trying to rid the area of unionized sharecroppers and when wishes are made inadvertently over the hidden crock that he become Black to better understand his bigotry…

[Theoretical UCLA student project]