The TVA and the Relocation of Mattie RandolphThe two primary sources deal with one family's refusal to leave their land during the construction of the Norris Dam in 1936. The reasons for the refusal may not have been representative of all those relocated but a loose interpretation of the Mattie Randolph’s story became part of the plot of the 1960 movie, Wild River, about the construction of the TVA starring Montgomery Cliff and Lee Remick.