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A Small Texas Town, A Big Screen Film, and a Hard American Truth

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NPR has this story about the truth behind the film American Violet, premiering this month. American Violet dramatizes an ill-conceived raid on some black residents of the town of Hearne, Texas (name changed in the movie), and the aftermath of the raid. When the moviemakers screened the film for some of Hearne's residents, reports surfaced that some local officials were less than pleased, demonstrating that it's still difficult to speak truth to power.

Full post as published by Law & Humanities Blog on April 17, 2009 (boomark / email).

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