Mississippi Morning

Twelve-year-old James, who is white, goes fishing with a young black friend named LeRoy. It's rural Mississippi in 1933, and the Ku Klux Klan remains quite active. LeRoy wants to change fishing locations because a nearby tree is where the Klan left a black man hangin' for a whole day because he did something they didn't like. The eventual realization that his own father is a member of the Klan shocks James. Full-color oil paintings expertly evoke the locale and period. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.