In 1822 gold was found near Dahlonega, Georgia; Cherokees were forbidden to dig for it and were force-marched to the East in the Trail of Tears. Fool’s Gold peels away the layers of affluent colour-co-ordinated shops, cafes and big cars in small-town Dahlonega, to reveal a community, where people like Myra and Thomas, live out life untouched by the prosperity of tourism, struggle with poverty but share the little they have with others.