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Waking in Mississippi
documents the two-year contemporary history of Canton, Mississippi,
a town of 11 000 people, 70% of whom are African American. In 1994/95,
two community-wide events changed the face of the town forever;
the election of Canton's first black mayor in 1994 and the filming
of John Grisham's A Time to Kill in 1995. Interviews are conducted
with the people of Canton and with those working on the movie, including
Samuel Jackson, as the filmmakers try to understand the complicated
web of race, history and the media in this Southern town. This film
raises contemporary issues of race relations in the South, and the
way history effects the present. It also shows the significance
of local politics.
Directed by
Christie Herring and Andre Robinson, Gone South Productions, ©1997
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$75.00
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