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Son of the South (2021)

Movie · History, Drama · ⭐ 6.5/10 · 1h 44m

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

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