Set during the sixties civil rights movement, Son of the South is based on the true story of Bob Zellner (Lucas Till), a Klansman’s grandson, who is forced to face the rampant racism of his own culture.
Defying his family and white Southern norms, he embraces the fight against social injustice, repression, and violence to change the world he was born into.
Executive Produced by Spike Lee, the film is based on Bob Zellner’s 2008 autobiography The Wrong Side of Murder Creek: A White Southerner in the Freedom Movement.
Texas-born Lucas Till (MacGuyver, X-Men) plays Bob Zellner. His supporting cast, Cedric the Entertainer, Julia Ormond, the late Brian Dennehy, Dexter Darden (who plays the late John Lewis, Bob’s eventual friend-to-be), Lex Scott Davis, Jake Abel, Lucy Hale and Ludi Lin, also give fine performances.
Son of the South was written, edited, and directed by Barry Alexander Brown, who has previously directed or co-directed nine features and documentaries but is best known as an editor who has worked extensively with Spike Lee.
Brown has edited virtually all of Lee’s films since School Daze (1986), including Do the Right Thing (1989), Malcolm X (1992), 25th Hour (2002), and BlacKkKlansman (2018), for which he was nominated for an Oscar (thus, it is not surprising that Lee is prominently credited as an executive producer on the film).
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Son of the South is rated M – upmarket mature “thinking” audience, socially aware/activist audience (all ages). See the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzigvG55ImQ