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Plot Line: The year is 1950... & America is divided btwn
black & white. Schools, restaurants, trains & buses. Even
drinking fountains cannot be shared by races. Although slavery has
been outlawed for nearly a century, segregation is legal. But white
& Negro facilities are separate & unequal... & the tension
has reached a breaking point for the blacks of Clarendon County, SC.
When their request for a single school bus is denied by white school officials,
a bitter, violent & courageous battle for justice & equality begins...
pitting black against white & friend against neighbor all across the
country.
The dramatic events leading from a small rural classroom to the Supreme
Court decision that outlawed segregation are powerfully reenacted in the
contemporary screen classic, beautifully scripted & superbly portrayed
by some of Hollywood's finest actors Sidney Poitier is Thurgood Marshal,
the NAACP lawyer who took the struggle for equal rights to the highest
court in the land. Burt Lancaster plays John W Davis, the opposing
counsel, & Richard Kiley is Chief Justice Earl Warren, who rallied
the Court to the landmark ruling. Together they capture the complex
emotional dynamics of one of this country's most significant & inspiring
achievements.
Rated PG
3 hrs. 13 min.
1991 |
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