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Son of the South

Name: Son of the South
Director: Barry Alexander Brown
Genre: History, Drama
Released: 2021-02-05
Cast: Lucas Till, Julia Ormond, Brian Dennehy, Cedric the Entertainer, Matt William Knowles

HistoryDrama

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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Lucas TillJulia OrmondBrian DennehyCedric the EntertainerMatt William KnowlesLex Scott DavisShamier AndersonMike ManningDexter DardenLucy HaleJake AbelLudi Lin

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Barry Alexander Brown

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