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The Last White Knight (2012)
Even Handed Effort to Understand Racism in 1960's (and still today in Mississippi)
Just watched this unusual documentary. I believe I understand what Paul Saltzman was trying to accomplish. He wanted to bridge the gap, to understand what the other side was thinking, to attempt to put the hate aside and even extend a hand of friendship. He tried mightily to gain some perspective on what had happened in 1960's Mississippi. Although his heart may have been in the right place (it was a valiant and beautiful effort) in the end, the most salient comment was made by Harry Belafonte: "I (still) don't trust Mississippi. . . I don't feel safe here." After listening to Byron de la Beckwith's hateful statements, looking at his smirky smiling face, his misplaced sense of bravado, I realize that real deep-down change will only come slowly to Mississippi after several more generations of people like Beckwith have died out.