Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story

TV Movie
2002
R
1h 48m

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Gil Bellows and Courtney B. Vance in Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story (2002)

A local Texas black man is wrongfully accused of raping and killing a white high-school teen.A local Texas black man is wrongfully accused of raping and killing a white high-school teen.A local Texas black man is wrongfully accused of raping and killing a white high-school teen.

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7.1/10

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- 2 nominations total

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A Harrowing Triumph of Justice in Racist Texas

I agree with the previous two reviews in that this was an excellent film all

around. I only hope that eventually a DVD will be available so that I can see it again. The depiction of the false accusation of murder and rape of a white girl by a black school janitor is gripping and harrowing. All the evils of the racist south are distilled in this prosecution and courtroom drama. The acting was

underplayed rather than melodramatic and appeared true to life. Despite the

horrors of prosecutorial intimidation, lying and deceit, a redeeming ending was not evident until the last few minutes. This movie should be seen by all those debating the value of the death penalty. The fact of the unredeemable lethal injection was ever present, adding to the tension and suspense.