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65% Critic Match
Son of the South
“Founding grandson without a father...”
6.5 / 10• 2021• 1h 44m•PG-13• English
HistoryDrama
Storyline
In civil rights era Montgomery, Alabama, Klansman's grandson Bob Zellner must choose which side of history to be on during the Movement. Defying his family and white Southern norms, he fought against social injustice, repression and violence to change the world around him
Cast & Crew
Lucas Till
Bob Zellner
Lead
Julia Ormond
Virginia Durr
Brian Dennehy
Grandfather
Cedric the Entertainer
Reverend Ralph Abernathy
Matt William Knowles
Jim Zwerg
Lex Scott Davis
Joanne
Shamier Anderson
Reggie
Mike Manning
Townsend Ellis
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Barry Alexander Brown's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Son of the South is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
