The short story, via the National Film Preservation Foundation, goes... during the Freedom Summer of 1964, actor Richard Beymer took a Bolex camera to Mississippi where he recorded the African American community working alongside his fellow activists and volunteers to register black voters and provide educational instruction to children. Titled "A Regular Bouquet: Mississippi Summer" and filmed in a rich black and white, Beymer’s film documents a turbulent moment in American history, capturing the trials and triumphs of the struggle, making a hopeful case for a new day in America as white and black worked in unison, canvassing for voter registration,...
- 10/8/2015
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
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