Neshoba (film)

Neshoba: The Price of Freedom is a 2008 documentary film about events and attitudes in Neshoba County, Mississippi, especially the 1964 murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner. The film premiered at the 2008 Indie Memphis Film Festival, where it won the Jury Award for Best Documentary.[1]

Neshoba: The Price of Freedom
Film poster
Directed byMicki Dickoff
Tony Pagano
Produced byMicki Dickoff
Tony Pagano
Written byMicki Dickoff
Release date
  • October 2008 (2008-10) (Indie Memphis)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Synopsis

Neshoba explores the history and changing racial attitudes of Neshoba County, Mississippi four decades after the murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner during Freedom Summer. The film captures the trial of Edgar Ray Killen, who granted the filmmakers "extraordinary access".[2]

Awards
  • Best Documentary – Boston Film Festival
  • Best Political Documentary & Best Directors – New York International Independent Film and Video Festival
  • Best Documentary – Indie Memphis Film Festival
  • Best Documentary – Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival
  • Best Mississippi Film – Oxford Film Festival
  • Best Overall Film – Texas Black Film Festival
  • Best Documentary – Texas Black Film Festival
  • Best Human Rights Film – Canada International Film Festival
  • Best Documentary – Teaneck International Film Festival
  • Best Film – Berlin Black International Film Festival
  • Special Jury Award – WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival
  • Special Jury Award – Monaco Film Festival
  • Audience Award – Albuquerque Film Festival
  • Humanitas Prize Nominee
  • American Documentary Showcase – Kenya International Film Festival

Reception

Though critical of certain production elements, Variety praised Neshoba as "a disturbing peek at how little some people have changed, as well as an inspiring portrait of others' determination to see crime punished at last".[3]

See also

References
  1. "Indie Memphis Names Its Winners". Memphis Flyer. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  2. 'Neshoba': Film about activist murders in '64, review in San Francisco Chronicle, October 16, 2008
  3. 'Neshoba', review in Variety, November 4, 2008


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