Burden Of Truth

Burden Of Truth

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 1957

Runtime

1h 7m

Genres

Drama

Original Title

Burden Of Truth

Director

J. Reid Rummage

Description

Joe and Ella Mae Hamilton, having just moved into a new neighborhood, are confronted by an angry, jeering mob of whites outside their house. Joe thinks back on his life. According to press materials, the film's story was based on an idea "expressed by [United Steelworkers of America Union, distributor of the film] President David J. McDonald in a speech on civil rights given by him" in Los Angeles in September 1956.