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I wish I did. Everybody's calling for him
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Son of the South

I wish I did. Everybody'scalling for him

I wish I did. Everybody's
calling for him

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I wish I did. Everybody's calling for him.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
01:05:17
Uploaded
May 10, 2025
Genres
biography, drama
Production
Jaba Films,Lucidity Entertainment,Major Motion Pictures Ltd.,River Bend Pictures,Buffalo 8 Productions,40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks

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Movie Summary

The true story of one young white Southerner in the Summer of 1961, caught in a place and time where he had to choose which side he was on.
I've never done anything like this - Son of the South 00:11
I've never done anything like this
It ain't anything like what it looks like in the papers, Mr. Lee. - Son of the South 00:04
It ain't anything like what it looks like in the papers...
Oh. Mr. Lee, um, I gotta go. - Son of the South 00:05
Oh. Mr. Lee, um, I gotta go.
I'm sure this is costing you an arm and leg anyways, - Son of the South 00:04
I'm sure this is costing you an arm and leg anyways,
Thank you, son. Um, I appreciate you. - Son of the South 00:04
Thank you, son. Um, I appreciate you.
Okay. Bob Zellner, East Brewton, Alabama. I'm Jim Forman. - Son of the South 00:04
Okay. Bob Zellner, East Brewton, Alabama. I'm Jim Forma...
Oh, shoot. Am I glad to see you. I got nothing but messages here. - Son of the South 00:07
Oh, shoot. Am I glad to see you. I got nothing but messages ...
McDew. I think McDew. He didn't tell me. I just gathered... - Son of the South 00:04
McDew. I think McDew. He didn't tell me. I just gathere...
This is June 22nd, 1961. This is Jim Forman. - Son of the South 00:05
This is June 22nd, 1961. This is Jim Forman.
I'm here in the SNCC headquarters, Atlanta, Georgia, - Son of the South 00:07
I'm here in the SNCC headquarters, Atlanta, Georgia,
Can I assume that East Brewton, like much of Alabama, - Son of the South 00:08
Can I assume that East Brewton, like much of Alabama,
Okay, well, can you recall your earliest memories of race? - Son of the South 00:06
Okay, well, can you recall your earliest memories of race?
I was about four years old, - Son of the South 00:09
I was about four years old,
I spotted a fountain pretty close to my own height - Son of the South 00:05
I spotted a fountain pretty close to my own height
And so I turn the lever for that water, - Son of the South 00:10
And so I turn the lever for that water,
It was a woman, never seen her before in my life. - Son of the South 00:04
It was a woman, never seen her before in my life.
Perfect stranger. She said to me... - Son of the South 00:06
Perfect stranger. She said to me...
That says "colored" - Son of the South 00:07
That says "colored"
Don't let anybody catch you - Son of the South 00:04
Don't let anybody catch you
If you want a drink of water, just ask anybody to lift you up. - Son of the South 00:04
If you want a drink of water, just ask anybody to lift you u...