Home of the Brave (2004 film) facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Home of the Brave |
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| Directed by | Paola di Florio |
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| Written by | Paola di Florio |
| Narrated by | Stockard Channing |
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| Editing by | Thomas G. Miller |
| Studio | Emerging Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 2004 |
| Running time | 75 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Home of the Brave is a 2004 documentary film about Viola Liuzzo, an American anti-racist activist during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.
Description
A white housewife and mother of five children, Viola Liuzzo felt called to action by the words of Martin Luther King Jr., and left her Michigan home to work in Alabama with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1965. While serving as a volunteer during the historic Selma to Montgomery marches, Liuzzo was shot dead by members of the Ku Klux Klan. The film is an historical account of her life presented in a montage of archival footage, narrated by the actress Stockard Channing and laced with extensive interviews of Liuzzo's family members and contemporaries.
Production
Home of the Brave was written, directed, and co-produced by Paola di Florio. The 75-minute film was released by Emerging Pictures in late 2004.
See also
- Civil rights movement in popular culture
