I have been waiting for over a year for this movie to come out. I am a little bit of an "unforgotten USA history buff" and have been waiting for the George Stinney Jr. story to be known by the masses.
I have to give this film so much credit. There is NO VIOLENCE depicted at all. I repeat. There is no violence at all. That being said, this 30 minute film was intense. Maybe, I could see myself as a small child and being helpless??
The cinematography, the acting, and the directing is top notch. 10 out of 10 stars.
Spoiler time I would guess it was not easy to get funding for this project. With that assumption be made, then I would assume that concessions were made also. Based on my little research, the true life story was much much worse. There is no way they can tell it in 29 minutes.
1. I thought it was someone else that told police they saw George talking with the girls and I was not aware that they had recanted to the police. 2. There was no way, in my mind, that I could see that ANYONE got fired over this. 3. George's whole family was run out of town. 4. They were not allowed to attend the trial. 5. I can envision (no proof) that more than words were used to get the false confession. 6. I wanted to see what they had George sit on when he was in the electric chair. You can google the pics. He was forced to sit on his bible since he was to small for the electric chair.
This film is a GREAT start to get people interested and to do a little research into the youngest "man" to be electirfied in the USA. This was eleven years before the Emitt Till lynching.
I have to give this film so much credit. There is NO VIOLENCE depicted at all. I repeat. There is no violence at all. That being said, this 30 minute film was intense. Maybe, I could see myself as a small child and being helpless??
The cinematography, the acting, and the directing is top notch. 10 out of 10 stars.
Spoiler time I would guess it was not easy to get funding for this project. With that assumption be made, then I would assume that concessions were made also. Based on my little research, the true life story was much much worse. There is no way they can tell it in 29 minutes.
1. I thought it was someone else that told police they saw George talking with the girls and I was not aware that they had recanted to the police. 2. There was no way, in my mind, that I could see that ANYONE got fired over this. 3. George's whole family was run out of town. 4. They were not allowed to attend the trial. 5. I can envision (no proof) that more than words were used to get the false confession. 6. I wanted to see what they had George sit on when he was in the electric chair. You can google the pics. He was forced to sit on his bible since he was to small for the electric chair.
This film is a GREAT start to get people interested and to do a little research into the youngest "man" to be electirfied in the USA. This was eleven years before the Emitt Till lynching.
