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Friday, February 12, 2010

The Liberation of L.B. Jones (1970)


















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A gloomy vision of the possibility of decent relations between whites and blacks anywhere, including the South. Undertaker L.B. Jones, the richest black man in his county of Tennessee, is divorcing his wife for infidelity with a white policeman. Taking a stand against racism, he is greeted with a hostile bunch of Southern bigots and various stereotypes. Written by Sterling Silliphant ("In the Heat of the Night"). Director William Wyler's final film. 

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