| Description |
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Summary |
The story of a Mississippi town still divided about the meaning of justice, 40 years after the murders of civil rights workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner, an event dramatized in the Oscar-winning film Mississippi Burning. Although Klansmen bragged about what they did in 1964, no one was held accountable until 2005, when the State indicted preacher Edgar Ray Killen, an 80-year-old notorious racist and mastermind of the murders. Through exclusive interviews with Killen, intimate interviews with the victims' families, and candid interviews with black and white Neshoba County citizens still struggling with their town's violent past, the film explores whether the prosecution of one unrepentant Klansman constitutes justice and whether healing and reconciliation are possible without telling the unvarnished truth. |
| Credits |
Co-producer, Christie Webb ; music, Chris Davis ; writer, Micki Dickoff ; director of photography, Tony Pagano. |
| Note |
Bonus features: "Get on board" short film; Courtroom footage. |
| Language |
English dialogue; closed-captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Goodman, Andrew, 1943-1964.
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Schwerner, Michael Henry, 1939-1964.
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Chaney, James Earl, 1943-1964.
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Killen, Edgar Ray -- Trials, litigation, etc.
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African Americans -- Civil rights -- Mississippi.
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Civil rights workers -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.
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Civil rights workers -- Crimes against -- Mississippi -- Neshoba County -- History -- 20th century.
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Mississippi -- Race relations.
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| Genre/Form |
Historical films.
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Documentary films.
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| Added Author |
Dickoff, Micki.
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Pagano, Tony.
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First-Run Features (Firm)
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| Standard No. |
720229914536 |
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