Apart from music, the other thing I just love do is watching movies. It doesn't matter if it's old or new, I just love watching movies period. So from now on, every week I'll try to recomend a movie 4 y'all 2 go rent and hopefully if you trust my good taste, you'll check it out. 2day's pick is going to be Freedom song. It was directed by Danny glover the actor known 4 playing roles such as Lethal Weapon and the color purple. You probably catch this movie around the time of black history month, because it deals with the struggle of when blacks started the civil right movies in the 60's, but I love this movie so I watch it all yr, instead of waiting 4 Feburary. Anyways if you're interested, here's more details about the movie.


FREEDOM SONG;





SYNOPSIS

Owen Walker is a "typical" African-American child growing up in the small town of Quinlan, Mississippi. His first childhood memories are happy ones. But when his father, Will Walker, attempts to challenge segregation in Quinlan, Owen's world quickly changes. Owen's family is threatened and Whites force his father out of business. But the memory that will haunt Owen is one in which he is personally introduced to the ways of racism. When Owen wanders into the "Whites Only" diner at the bus terminal, a young white man forces Will to publicly discipline him. Owen is angry with his father, though Will promises him that one day they will sit at the counter of that diner together.

Owen's resentment for his father grows over the years. When he hears of the sit-ins at Woolworth's in North Carolina, he is inspired to join the growing Movement. But for years his friends have already been meeting with T-Bone, the local barber who has been teaching them about civil rights and preparing them for the coming change.

Then a mysterious black man appears in Quinlan - he is a teacher from Chicago named Daniel Wall. He has come to Quinlan at the request of local adults to help them organize their determined drive to obtain their citizenship rights.

Owen's friends become involved in the drive, teaching people how to pass the literacy tests so that they can register to vote. Owen's father forbids his involvement, knowing all too well that people have paid with their lives for doing this work. However, Owen persists. A few people are allowed to register, but soon the white establishment makes it impossible for them to pass the voter registration test and Daniel is arrested.

Daniel's arrest prompts the arrival of more SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) members. Daniel is released and goes into the rural countryside to register voters. Meanwhile, the SNCC members educate Owen and his friends on the practice of non-violent protest. Owen disobeys his parents and helps with the first sit-ins staged in Quinlan. Before Owen himself can sit at a counter, two groups of sit-in demonstrators are arrested and the tension between Whites and Blacks escalates.

Daniel Wall's attempts to register voters in the country are met with violence. An official from the U.S. Justice Department is called in to help protect Owen's uncle Jonah and Daniel, but his presence only makes things worse. Jonah is killed for his involvement, though no charges are brought against his murderer.

Jonah's death concerns the NAACP, which withdraws its support. But just when it looks as though the Movement is over in Quinlan, the high school students take to the streets in peaceful protest of the expulsion of one of the sit-in demonstrators. Using techniques they learned from SNCC, the protesters face the white authorities of the town. When they refuse to obey the order to disperse, many are beaten and some, including Owen, are arrested.

After the protestors spend a harrowing time in jail, the NAACP posts bail and they are released. Owen discovers that members of another civil rights group, CORE (Congress of Racial Equality), have learned of the students' march and arrest and have taken up their cause. He realizes that in his way, he has helped the Movement - just as his father and mother helped forward integration in their way. He understands that there are many ways to "fight" against injustice.

Through all of these efforts great and small, the bus terminal diner - the scene of Owen's humiliation - is finally desegregated, and Owen and his father are served at the counter. Quinlan becomes the training ground for those continuing the work of the Movement in Mississippi and lights the way in the ongoing struggle to further democracy in America.

Note: I guess it was a tv movie before it was released on DVD and don't veiw this is just a black movie.
[This message was edited Fri Nov 14 8:00:18 PST 2003 by DigitalLisa]

IF U LIKE OLD B/W MOVIES
WEATHERING HEIGHTS
ANY SHERLOCK HOLMES EPISODES
ANY BETTE DAVIS MOVIES
ANY CARY GRANT MOVIES
ANY JAMES CAGNEY MOVIES
ANY JOAN CRAWFORD MOVIES

MY MOTHER GOT ME INTO WATCHING THESE MOVIES AND I MUST SAY THEY R VERY ENJOYABLE

I saw that movie when it came out. It was actually very good. But it also made me angry at the white man again. I know things have changed in my generation, but we can forgive, but we musn't forget.

We must also remember that my people stood up, fought, died and sacrificed for the freedoms of not only themselves, but for all those oppressed in this society for future generations to come.