
Tells the true story of the the 1970 murder of Henry Marrow in a rural North Carolina town by Robert Teel and his sons, the aftermath of the murder and the eventual acquittal of the Teels by an all white jury, in spite of multiple eye witnesses to the murder.... (Full plot summary below)
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Tells the true story of the the 1970 murder of Henry Marrow in a rural North Carolina town by Robert Teel and his sons, the aftermath of the murder and the eventual acquittal of the Teels by an all white jury, in spite of multiple eye witnesses to the murder.
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| NewsBlazeKam WilliamsRiveting, Real-Life, Civil Rights-Era Drama Released on DVD. |
| VarietyRonnie ScheibComes off as a painfully old-fashioned, flatly directed exercise in passionless historical reenactment. |
| Flick FilosopherMaryAnn JohansonI challenge anyone who sincerely believes that The Blind Side is a good film to take a look at this one and see how this kind of story is meant to be told. |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatA sturdy and sensitive drama about the Civil Rights movement in Oxford, North Carolina, in 1970; it rings true and reveals the scourge of American racism in all of its ugly manifestations. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe movie tells this story in a traditional, straightforward way. No fancy footwork. No chewing the scenery. Meat and potatoes, you could say, but it's thoughtful and moving. |
| Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaMay not be great cinema, but it nonetheless deserves attention. |
| AV ClubSam AdamsDraws attention to a little-known chapter in the history of the civil-rights movement, but it doesn’t do much to pull that moment into the present, or to pull the audience into the past. |
| CompuserveHarvey S. KartenA solid, inspirational tale based on a true story of the murder of a black Vietnam veteran in North Carolina which led an all-white jury to free the obvious killers. |
| Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsThe actors do a lot to dimensionalize the material. Parker's Chavis is especially sharp, creating a man with a subtly burning fuse. |
| ColeSmithey.comCole SmitheyIf you can get past its moribund title, you'll still have a challenge in spotting the protagonist in this oddly washed-out depiction of a racial battle that raged in Oxford, North Carolina... |