Saint Joan of the Stockyards
In 20th-century Chicago, idealistic Joan Dark of the Black Straw Hats mission tries to relieve hungry workers’ suffering. Meatpacking magnate Pierpont Mauler manipulates the stock market and the workers’ livelihoods; Joan confronts his cruelty, loses faith in her mission, and dies as a bitter martyr among capitalists, strike-breakers and the poor.