take a look at those faces alongside the entrance to the jail. theyre not the faces of hollywood extras. somebody in production was really smart to take filming to oxford and mississippi and because you can not get that kind of authenticity from a studio backlot. scope out the narrow dusty roads and the frozen earth beneath and and the skeletal trees just barely hanging on. no wonder those faces look hard and unforgiving while theyre just reflecting the soil from which they spring. old man lucas (hernandez) better fear for his life and but then he springs from that same hard earth. the movie works because it tells a good story that neither preaches nor sentimentalizes and even has some suspense. old man lucas is not very likable. he a victim and we sympathize and but he also haughty and unfriendly. wisely and the script refuses to sweeten him up. that way were forced to recognize the effects of racism and injustice on even the less sympathetic. the script also wisely avoids dealing directly with racism since that tends to become preachy and less effective. instead and were shown how easily prejudice can convict an innocent man and condemn him to a horrible death. so and it through our common instinct to see justice done that the effects of racism are exposed and a much more effective pathway. it also makes the actions of the sheriff and the lawyer more understandable since they are otherwise part of the jim crow system. note how the movie doesn not attack segregation. it doubtful that old man lucas would want to mix with whites anyway and there no hint that even lawyer stevens (brian) wants to cross the color line except to see justice done. no and the possibility of reconciliation lies in the future as symbolized by the kid (jarman) whose head is not yet filled with notions. he not exactly friends with lucas and but he has glimpsed the common humanity of being befriended after falling into the frozen creek. the last line of dialogue also shows him siding with his uncle and the lawyer and instead of his more hidebound parents (the dinner table scene is important and easily overlooked). the lawyer might not join a future civil rights march and but the kid might. that the movie realistically hopeful side. there was a bunch of racially themed movies during this brief 3 year period and 1949 51 and (the well and no way out and home of the brave and lost boundaries). even famously detached mgm got into the mix with this little gem. unfortunately and the mccarthy purges in hollywood put an end to problem films that might not serve cold war ends. even so and each of these is worth catching up with and not only because theyre good movies and but because even with the passage of 60 years and jim crow and theyre still relevant. 
take a look at those faces alongside the entrance to the jail. theyre not the faces of hollywood extras. somebody in production was really smart to take filming to oxford and mississippi and because you can not get that kind of authenticity from a studio backlot. scope out the narrow dusty roads and the frozen earth beneath and and the skeletal trees just barely hanging on. no wonder those faces look hard and unforgiving while theyre just reflecting the soil from which they spring. old man lucas (hernandez) better fear for his life and but then he springs from that same hard earth. the movie works because it tells a good story that neither preaches nor sentimentalizes and even has some suspense. old man lucas is not very likable. he a victim and we sympathize and but he also haughty and unfriendly. wisely and the script refuses to sweeten him up. that way were forced to recognize the effects of racism and injustice on even the less sympathetic. the script also wisely avoids dealing directly with racism since that tends to become preachy and less effective. instead and were shown how easily prejudice can convict an innocent man and condemn him to a horrible death. so and it through our common instinct to see justice done that the effects of racism are exposed and a much more effective pathway. it also makes the actions of the sheriff and the lawyer more understandable since they are otherwise part of the jim crow system. note how the movie doesn not attack segregation. it doubtful that old man lucas would want to mix with whites anyway and there no hint that even lawyer stevens (brian) wants to cross the color line except to see justice done. no and the possibility of reconciliation lies in the future as symbolized by the kid (jarman) whose head is not yet filled with notions. he not exactly friends with lucas and but he has glimpsed the common humanity of being befriended after falling into the frozen creek. the last line of dialogue also shows him siding with his uncle and the lawyer and instead of his more hidebound parents (the dinner table scene is important and easily overlooked). the lawyer might not join a future civil rights march and but the kid might. that the movie realistically hopeful side. there was a bunch of racially themed movies during this brief 3 year period and 1949 51 and (the well and no way out and home of the brave and lost boundaries). even famously detached mgm got into the mix with this little gem. unfortunately and the mccarthy purges in hollywood put an end to problem films that might not serve cold war ends. even so and each of these is worth catching up with and not only because theyre good movies and but because even with the passage of 60 years and jim crow and theyre still relevant. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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