Free, White and 21 (1963)
- Directed by
- Larry Buchanan
- Genre
- drama film, trial film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Rating
- 5.0 of 10 from 6 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A black man is on trial for the rape of a white woman in 1960s Dallas. The movie follows the legal proceedings and the racial tensions that surround them.
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What happens
Free, White and 21 is a 1963 movie by self-proclaimed "schlockmeister" director Larry Buchanan. It was based on the true story of the controversial trial of a black man accused of raping a white woman in Dallas, Texas in the 1960s. The title is a version of the archaic American idiomatic phrase "free, white, and twenty-one", which means "beholden to no one". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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