Hi Anne, Neshoba: The Price of Freedom is a great documentary, the true story behind the fictitious Mississippi Burning. Free online previews available, as are a variety of streaming solutions.
www.firstrunfeatures.com/neshoba<http://www.firstrunfeatures.com/neshoba> NESHOBA: THE PRICE OF FREEDOM In 1964, a mob of Klansmen murdered three civil rights workers in the small Mississippi county of Neshoba (a crime that came to be known as the "Mississippi Burning" murders). These young men, two Jews from New York and an African-American from Mississippi, were in the Deep South helping register African-American voters during what became known as "Freedom Summer." Although the Klansmen bragged about what they did, no one was held accountable for murder until 2005, when the State indicted the mastermind of the killings, Edgar Ray Killen, an 80-year-old Baptist preacher and notorious racist. Neshoba: The Price of Freedom tells the story of these three American heroes and the Mississippi County still divided over the meaning of justice 40 years after their murders. The film takes an unflinching look at ordinary citizens struggling to find peace with their town's violent, racist past in today's America. Dylan McGinty Director of Technology and Nontheatrical Sales First Run Features Film Center Building 630 Ninth Avenue, Suite 1213 New York, NY 10036 Tel 212 243 0600 ext. 19 From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu<mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu> [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Shelley, Anne Elizabeth Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2015 8:27 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu<mailto:videolib@lists.berkeley.edu> Subject: [Videolib] Looking for Film Suggestions Hello, A faculty member wanted to show Freedom Summer as part of a Constitution Day event this fall, but she thinks the run time of 120 minutes is too long. She asked for alternative documentaries that are around 60 minutes. I suggested "Mississippi: Is This America?" from Eyes on the Prize, which she thinks might work but asked for other ideas. If you have any suggestions, I'd be glad to hear them! Thank you in advance, Anne Anne Shelley Milner Library Illinois State University anne.shel...@ilstu.edu<mailto:anne.shel...@ilstu.edu> 309-438-5464
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