Lilies of the Field (1963)

Director: Ralph Nelson

    “We build a scha-pel,” says the Mother Superior, to the young black handyman who has showed up for a day’s work and a day’s wages.  She has a thick German accent.  She and her sisters are newcomers to America, refugees in fact.  And the scene is not promising.  We are in a near-desert somewhere in Arizona.
     “Who’s we?” says handyman.
     “You!” s…