In a sweltering, isolated town caught between faith, science, and folklore, a mute girl named Hope finds herself at the center of suspicion, fear, and obsession. When a tragic death turns the town against her healer mother, Mama, the girl’s fate hangs in the balance as the new doctor struggles to reconcile science with the supernatural.

Dr Alan arrives in a remote town where faith and folklore hold dominion over science. The townsfolk whisper about Mama, a healer who defies the pastor’s influence, and her silent daughter, Hope, whose presence stirs both desire and dread.

When the Sheriff dies under suspicious circumstances - after taking herbal medicine provided by Hope - fear spreads. The town is parched by an unrelenting drought, and as hysteria mounts, Hope becomes the scapegoat. The pastor and his wife Sarah condemn her as a devil, while Dr Alan, caught between his belief in reason and the eerie pull of the unknown, seeks to cure Hope, not condemn her. Yet, in his search for reason, he fails to see what Mama has always known: some things are not meant to be fixed.

As Dr Alan gets closer to Hope, he uncovers deeper secrets: the pastor’s twisted obsession, Sarah’s quiet manipulation, and the town’s unspoken fears. When a tragic childbirth leaves a baby motherless, tensions boil over. Hope is accused of witchcraft, locked away, and marked for exile. Who will defend her, if she cannot speak for herself?

Deep South explores power, prejudice, and the thin line between belief and fear.