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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Powerful,
By George W. Smith (Scotia, New York United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Liberation of L.B. Jones (DVD)
This movie is very close to the reality of small southern towns back in the 20's through the 60's. A black man could be lynched with impunity, and the perpetrators would be aided by the corrupt and willing local police establishment. This was a way of life, and it is hard to believe that some of this simmers just beneath the surface a generation or two away. There are 'wanna be do the right thing', but they are overpowered by the festering sore or racial discrimination that exists today, as evidenced by the rise of Ku Klux Klan like organizations today. These organizations like the Tea Party did not exist until the election of an African American as president of the United States of America; and the beat goes on...
3.0 out of 5 stars
interesting but wanting more..,
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This review is from: The Liberation of L.B. Jones [VHS] (VHS Tape)
I have heard of this movie but haven't gotten to really see it until now. Basically, you have this undertaker ord Byron Jones(Roscoe Lee Browne), whose wife Emma(Lola Falana) is messing around with a white cop Willie Joe(Anthony Zerbe) and is now carrying his child. Now for now, that isn't much, but because this is the late 60s early 70s, and in the deep South, this is the thing. Jones appeals to a friend Owen Hedgepath(Lee J.Cobb)to represent him in the divorce case and name Willie Joe as a correspondent. Owen in turn, goes to Willie Joe to convince Emma to drop the divorce, but she isn't willing to so she can get a settlement enough to keep her in the lifestyle she's used to. So he beats her horrible but she still won't budge. So Willie Joe and his partner Bumpas(Arch Johnson) intimidate L.B. to drop the case by a certain time but he is reluctant, so in order to flush him out, Willie Joe and Bumpas arrest L.B's coworker Billy(Harold Nicholas)to flush him out, and when L.B. goes to get him out, they run him to a empty lot, shoot and castrate him. In order to cover up the crime, they pin the murder on Emma and Billy, but Owen quickly disproves that and set them free. In time, Bumpas is killed in retaliation for this crime as well as for beating on Sonny Boy(Yaphet Kotto) when he was a boy. Owen's nephew and niece (Lee Majors and Barbara Hershey)disgusted by the events, leave town as quickly as they come in. Interesting film, although it could use more because we're left with questions. we know that Bumpas was killed but what about Willie Joe? what about Owen? what about Emma? also, why isn't this film on DVD?
16 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Based on a true story.,
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This review is from: The Liberation of L.B. Jones [VHS] (VHS Tape)
Hello all! I hope my review helps. This is a true story, which happened in my hometown of Humboldt, TN. The character "Emma" is actually still alive. It's interesting to see how the whole town (if I may be so liberal to call it such)..still "shuns" her. I could hardly believe something like this happened in my home. My mom shared the story with me when I was 17, but I didn't get to see the movie until some years later. Oddly enough...things of this nature are still occuring in big cities and small towns.
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