The official trailer and poster for Son Of The South is out with a scheduled film release date of February 5, 2021 in select theaters, VOD & digital.
Directed by Barry Alexander Brown and executive produced by Spike Lee, the film is set in the summer of 1961, and is based on the Bob Zellner autobiography The Wrong Side Of Murder Creek: A White Southerner in the Freedom Movement. Son Of The South tells the true story of Bob Zellner, grandson of an Alabama Klansman, who went against his family as the civil rights movement began to heat up in the deep South. Living in Montgomery, he witnessed first-hand the heroism of John Lewis, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Rosa Parks who said to him when he was wavering, “Something bad is going to happen right in front of you someday and you’re going to have to choose which side you’re on – not choosing is a choice.” Made by a fellow Southerner, this is an honest and inspiring account of what it takes to do the right thing.
The film stars Lucas Till, Lucy Hale, Lex Scott Davis, Julia Ormond, Cedric the Entertainer, Dexter Darden, Chaka Forman, Sharone Lanier, Brian Dennehy, Shamier Anderson, Jake Abel and Ludi Lin.
Produced by Colin Bates, Stan Erdreich, Bill Black, and Eve Pommerance.
As a film editor, Barry Alexander Brown is best known for collaborations with Spike Lee, he has edited some classic Spike Lee films like Do the Right Thing (1989), Malcolm X (1992), He Got Game (1998), Inside Man (2006), and BlacKkKlansman (2018), which earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Film Editing at the 91st Academy Awards. Barry has also edited music videos for Michael Jackson, Prince, Stevie Wonder, Public Enemy and Arrested Development.
The spotlight screening of Son Of The South premiered last year at ABFF 2020. Click on the following link IG live talkback with director Barry Alexander Brown to watch blackfilm.com correspondent Ellen Wanjiru’s interview with Barry.
Official Trailer & Poster For ‘SON OF THE SOUTH’ below!
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