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Burden Of Truth

1957
Directed byJ. Reid Rummage
1h 7m

Joe and Ella Mae Hamilton, having just moved into a new neighborhood, are confronted by an angry, jeering mob of whites outside their house. Joe thinks back on his life. According to press materials, the film's story was based on an idea "expressed by [United Steelworkers of America Union, distributor of the film] President David J. McDonald in a speech on civil rights given by him" in Los Angeles in September 1956.

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Hari RhodesJoe HamiltonShirley J. ShawnElla Mae Hamilton
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DETAILS
GENRES
Drama
STATUSReleased
RATING
NR

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