Booker's Place: A Mississippi Story - MUST SEE TV!

[Troy]

You know I started watching a screener of Skip Gates new series The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross which will broadcast on PBS starting on the 22.  It is interesting enough and I'd recommend it.

 

After watched the 1st two parts of a six part series we decided to take a break and watch Booker's Place: A Mississippi Story this was a really fascinating movie!  Booker's place made Gates program seem sanitized, almost boring, by comparison

 

There are a few segments of the film which are just priceless.  (1) was Booker describing how her felt about being a waiter (the version is the actual film is better than what is shown in the trailer), and (2), perhaps even more moving was when an a "redneck", anxious to show how well he treated his share croppers, had those share croppers interviewed and (3) member's of the Citizens Council (apparently a front organization fore the Klan) explained how happy the Black people in Greenwood MS where and how it was better to keep the students separated to spare them from being discouraged by being in the same classroom with white children.  Hearing the people talk was just fascinating!

 

As an Amazon prime member you can watch the film for free.