Review of The Vernon Johns Story (1994) by Vincent T — 02 Aug 2008
A touching story of oppressed Black people before the civil rights movement in Alabama. they did a good job of showing how black people were in sitting in the palm of white supremacy being crushed by the overwhelming fingers of extreme racism through verbal, physical, mental and social abuse that was at the time legal.
I liked how the comparison to rabbits was made. saying that when a white man hunts a rabbit out of season he is finned. but when a white man kills a nigger he gets to go home scott free... saying that the worth of black people was less that rabbits.
. the film has a way of showing the violence without showing the violence, with showing the pains without showing the pains, showing the rapes without showing the rapes, showing the discomfort without actually allowing the viewers see it.
well put together and well acted out. the only reason I deducted points was for technical reasons.
This review of The Vernon Johns Story (1994) was written by Vincent T on 02 Aug 2008.
The Vernon Johns Story has generally received very positive reviews.
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