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Home of the Brave

Actor(s): Mary Liuzzo, Tony Liuzzo, Sally Liuzzo, Penny Liuzzo, Sue Liuzzo
Director(s): Paola di Florio
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Movie Details

Movie Release: 2004
DVD Release: 11/07/2006
Format: DVD - Black and White
Audio Tracks: English
Subtitles: English
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Number of Discs: 1
Run Time: 1 hrs 14 mins
Studio: Homevision
Total Copies: 1
Genres: History, Culture & Society, Biography, Law & Crime, Social History, Politics & Government

DVD Synopsis

Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Paola di Florio directs Home of the Brave, a documentary about the impact of Viola Liuzzo's murder. Detroit housewife and mother of five, Liuzzo was a civil rights activist who went to Alabama to help with voter registration in 1965. She was in town during the pivotal march organized by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, which ended in violence at the Edmund Pettus Bridge near Selma. While trying to transport the tear-gased marchers in her car, she was shot by three members of the Ku Klux Klan. Suspects Eugene Thomas, Collie Leroy Wilkins Jr., and William Orville Eaton were found guilty of civil rights violations and later acquitted. The film also explores the FBI investigation in the aftermath of her death, as well as the reaction in the Liuzzo home. Home of the Brave was shown at the Sundance Film Festival in 2004 as part of the documentary competition. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide

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Member Movie Reviews

Dee W. from EDMOND, OK wrote on 7/19/2009...

A little known story of a matyr for the Civil Rights Movement. I was always curious about this story, and it was not until I saw this that I had a better understanding of what happened. It is also somewhat tragic the consequences to her 5 children. Perhaps, we don't remember enough and appreciate the past. These are true but ordinary heroes. The documentary is purely from as is with all the challenges and difficulties of this family. Worth seeing

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