Movie Review
By David Josselyn
Astute Films, known for emotionally charged true, or based on true, stories recently released a movie based in the slow-moving town of Durham, North Carolina (less than three hours from Charlotte) in 1971 showcasing the showdown between Ku Klux Klan leader C.P. Ellis and civil rights activist Ann Atwater. This movie is based on a book by Osha Gray Davidson which is based on true events. After a fire guts the local blacks-only school making it mostly unusable, the search begins for another school, but the most obvious choice would force desegregation. In the early 70s, there was a fair amount of support for the idea, but not so much in Durham where the KKK was terrorizing black folk for entertainment and duty.
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