Jan 9, 2020

Mississippi burning WOW

Last nite got my tea 
sat and watched Mississippi burning
WOW
Took me back educated me, and ensured remain committed to checking out my own prejudices.


The tension is sustained throughout, and the anger on both sides is incandescent, though there is no attempt made, as there was in so many Hollywood movies, to minimise the pain and indignity inflicted on African Americans, or to excuse the cruelty of a segregated society. It is all a long time ago now, but the period remains alive on the screen in Parker’s film and is sadly still echoed in this second decade of the 21st century. 
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