Produced by Spike Lee (BlackkKlansman). He said that my father didn't repudiate his Klan views, but he said, "You are my son. South sonIt was after Clansman’s grandson took a stand against racism when he joined the civil rights movement in the 1960s. I knew that because my father had already done a tremendous journey of leaving the Ku Klux Klan that I was destined to take a part in this somehow or another. We've been working on it for a long time. The moral high ground was that we were not going to fight back. Zellner’s memoir, The Wrong Side of Murder Creek: A White Southerner in the Freedom Movement, was recently produced by Spike Lee into a major motion picture, Son of the South. We had to be, at least tactically, non-violent. I think Barry's gone way out of his way to involve young people, especially young, talented, famous people among young people. I was egging the people on to hang me! He's an extremely good actor, and he really gets it. Sometimes when we retell the stories, we actually soft pedal the amount of violence that there was. Fellow Alabamian and former Shelter Islander Diane McWhorter, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning civil rights history of Birmingham, Carry Me Home, will facilitate the discussion. Was it you guys are just at the church, "Well, we're not really, we're just here to write a paper and I'm not getting involved with anything.". Actually, tell me a little bit about Lucas Till as playing the young Bob Zellner. The white supremacists and the neo-Nazis and all the things that have been going on lately that feel like we're almost fighting this battle again. It got me into thinking about nonviolence. Bob Zellner was raised in Alabama and is the son and grandson of Ku Klux Klan members. By the time we reached the bus station down here, the mob had already really massacred the press. Bob Zellner was white. That's really good. Plus. And that’s a topic Bob Zellner knows something about. He invited me back to campus. That's when they beat me really badly, and almost hanged me that day. It's hard to separate because they're your family. Excerpts from our interview with civil rights activist Bob Zellner. It's like when President Obama was elected, everybody said, "Oh, we can relax now," and everybody relaxed and look what happened. So you went to Atlanta to SNCC, right? His continued active role in the movement—notably as one of 16 arrested with Rev. There's absolutely no doubt about it. If he is still at it today, he nearly lost it many times in the process. That brought back a lot of emotion to me. Whatever was necessary was what I had to do, and then going to the hospital and seeing James Zwerg and saying, "Your Freedom Ride's over." The first white Southerner to serve as a Field Secretary for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, he worked with historical figures including John Lewis, Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, Ella Baker, and Anne Braden. Trying to shift the destructive mentality that locked whites into racism instead of change, Bob continues to work with, among others, Rev. A lot of people see it as a moderate or a even cowardly stance, but it took a tremendous amount of courage to be non-violent in those situations. Even though it came from a background that only knew hatred. Dr. William Barber in the civil disobedience that kicked off the Moral Monday movement in North Carolina in 2013—presents a message informed by direct experience that provides tools for organizing in today’s fight for justice. It's like, yeah-. He was interested in my story and I started telling him stories about SNCC and working in Alabama and Mississippi. He got the character right away and he's really good looking, much better than me, but everybody says there's a faint resemblance between the young me and Lucas Till. When we were kids, Granddaddy, he was just a sweet old man. Somebody hands you a briefcase and that's the extent of SNCC. If you fought back, you'd just continue the enmity. That was incredible. We loved him and he'd take us around to see Birmingham. Famous for battles with segregationist lynch mobs, violent police, and the KKK, Zellner is also an organizer who brought Black and white Southern working people together in the GROW Project, including Klan members, on terms of equality and respect. we loved all of that. I was working with a cinematographer, Judy Irola and we were doing movies around the world and we'd started out doing civil rights movies about the South. Based on the Bob Zellner… My father was disowned by his father and his mother and his brothers never spoke to him again in his whole life. How was it watching your hanging play out on camera? The moral aspect was that if you didn't fight back, you had a potential of converting that person. I hope it's a young people's movie and I really hope that it comes through as a women's movie, because SNCC was led by strong women. The street was covered with blood and broken glass. He was definitely checking me out. Right. How could you not become a part of the movement when Saint Rosa Parks told you to do so? They resulted in a takeover basically, of our government. And he said, "I know, we've written our wills." Yeah, well, there was both the moral and the practical aspects of it. Zellner was SNCC’s first white field secretary. Bob Zellner (Writer of The Wrong Side of Murder Creek) A native Southerner born in a former Klan family, Bob Zellner dedicated his life to the fight for racial equality in the Civil Rights Movement nearly sixty years ago. Son of the South is a biopic is based on The Wrong Side of Murder Creek, the autobiography of civil rights activist Bob Zellner (Lucas Till). Bob Zellner is a writer, known for Son of the South (2020), Breath of Freedom (2014) and Moyers & Company (2012). If we had shown arms and openly been prepared to fight with arms, we would have been wiped out. Until 1962 Zellner was SNCC’s only white field secretary. I think he's wonderful. Bob Zellner's memoir "Wrong Side of Murder Creek" has been made into a movie. And he said, "Oh good. Bob Zellner is ‘A Son Of The South’. He's not going to reconcile with you, but you need to go see him." He's incredible. I just didn't want to believe that that's why, that they had a problem with the script or the situation. But when I was in the scene, when I was doing the cameo in the hanger scene, I was kind of into the scene, so it was not so bad. Yeah. Well, the way I first met Barry Alexander Brown is in New York City, when we were both working on different kinds of films and movies. Tell me a little bit about the importance of shooting right here, where all of this really happened. But early in life, he questioned Jim Crow segregation, which was endemic in his community. I said, "Well, no, that's the same movement, but they were there earlier." It's a coming of age movie about a white southerner involved in the Civil Rights Movement and making the decisions, how incrementally you become committed. Please enable JavaScript to experience Vimeo in all of its glory. Based on Bob Zellner's autobiography, The Wrong Side of Murder Creek: A White Southerner in the Freedom Movement, It stars Lucas Till, Lex Scott Davis, Lucy Hale, Jake Abel, Shamier Anderson, Julia Ormond, Cedric the Entertainer and Brian Dennehy in his final film role. Bob Zellner’s Memoir, The Wrong Side of Murder Creek; A white Southerner in the Freedom Movement, published by New South Books, tells the story of how he grew up in South Alabama. Talk about that real life situation. “Son of the South” -- released today in select theaters and on demand -- is a historical drama set in 1960s Alabama. #son of the south #bob zellner #lucas till #son of the south spoilers #whump #whumpgif #othergifs #comfort #hair … https://variety.com/2019/film/news/spike-lee-son-of-the-south-1203129386 It's the first time I think anybody has made a film about a young civil rights organizer, especially a white Southern organizer, deciding to go against all of our raising in the South and to take part in one of the most historical movements of right time. I said, "I'm, Bob Zellner. If he is still at it today, he nearly lost it many times in the process. As the son of a Methodist minister, Zellner’s interest in civil rights was rooted in his religious faith. Lucas Till as Bob Zellner in Son of the South. I said, "When are they coming?" We brought people together across all kinds of barriers and lines, and now we can do it again to save our democracy. Son of the South is a 2020 American biographical historical drama film, written and directed by Barry Alexander Brown. We didn't know they were racist or what that meant. He put a big Wollensak recorder up on the desk and he said, "Look, brother, I want to know your life from the time you were born to right now, and it better hold out." John Seigenthaler had been beaten in the head with a pipe and kicked her under a car for dead. I said, "Well, who's coming." They were the people that deserved to be followed. You go there, there's literally nothing there. For young men trying to break the barrier, it’s an emotional vehicle. That made him a special target for the mob that greeted young Black protesters. He said, "I'm not coming back. He took a very courageous stand in 2008 and now have things that have gone so far backwards that he's not able to invite this film crew back to Huntingdon to shoot on the campus. And sometimes when I tell my university students that I was in jail with Dr. King and was mentored by Rosa Parks and written about by Eleanor Roosevelt in her last book, they say, "Did you meet Harriet Tubman or Abraham Lincoln?" After graduating, Zellner was hired by SNCC to recruit white students for the civil rights movement. How could you not get involved with that? Civil rights activist and former Southampton resident Bob Zellner. Son of the South: Excerpts of our interview with civil rights activist Bob Zellner Loading... Autoplay When autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will automatically play next. We did it 50 years ago. Bob’s Methodist minister father (Byron Herlong), long ago converted from racism during a unique experience recalled relatively late in “Son of the South,” literally gives his son his blessing as Bob sets out on a path that crosses those of Freedom Riders in Birmingham and protesters in McComb, Miss. That's a positive thing, because as long as it's hidden, we're not dealing with it, but now it's so open, that we have no choice but to deal with it. As a result, over the course of the last half century, he has … That's a tough thing. Zellner’s memoir, The Wrong Side of Murder Creek: A White Southerner in the Freedom Movement, was recently produced by Spike Lee into a major motion picture, Son of the South. Zellner’s lectures are filled with death-defying and often humorous accounts from these critical moments in history. And he said, "Oh no, when we're able to, we get back on the bus." And Tuskegee was a great place to shoot. Fall (Friday, … I also hope that the takeaway to young people, and to women who are really leading the charge right now to save or reclaim our democracy, is that it can be done. Son of the South is the true story of Bob Zellner, born into a Ku Klux Klan family and who became one of the first white volunteers for the civil rights movement in Sixties Alabama. I didn't know it would come so quickly. They were studying for exams. It's just a very strong, terrible disease that people can't get over. We're here, we're here in Montgomery. He came up with the idea that it's about the transition. When he was able to take the book and the whole story and figure it out, what is manageable in terms of the movie. These are incredible actors in this movie. Especially when you couldn't have thousands of people demonstrating, carrying arms. Son of the South (Friday, February 5-Theater, VOD) Creating new leaves away from the family is not an easy task, but in the case of the biographical drama Lucas Till’s Bob Zöllner. I hope that's the takeaway. Bob Zellner’s career as a civil rights activist spans nearly seven decades. We've never dealt with basic racism and sexism of our country, and we really have to do that now. One was non-violence as a way of life, and the other... Everybody in SNCC agreed in the earliest SNCC, that we would all be non-violent in terms of our public demonstrations and so forth. Spike Lee serves as an executive producer. After graduating, Zellner was hired by SNCC to recruit white students for the civil rights movement. Prior to that release, they released a movie trailer. Zellner’s autobiography, The Wrong Side of Murder Creek, was recently adapted into a feature film produced by Spike Lee, called Son of the South, and is currently available on Apple TV and Amazon Prime. You can't not take a position in this. And my father did, and he told me about it later on. Son of the South 2020. At least the father and son, a reconciliation. They had busted all the cameras. All of us SNCC was in that one briefcase. from I didn't know the extent to which I would and the lifelong involvement, but I knew that I was destined to do that. Well, it's very important to shoot it right here. Dr. William J. Barber II, the NAACP, voting rights groups, and in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. And there's the moment, where Rosa Parks says to you, not making a choice is making a choice and there's something going to happen to you where you're going to have to jump in and make a decision on that. We started working on the script, and the first thing, I think the first draft of the script was done in about 1987, so a long time ago. I mean, it is the devil you know? As soon as I met Barry, I got his whole story. It was a part of Barry's dream for the movie that it would be shot in Alabama, that it wouldn't be a real Alabama movie with real Alabama people. Here's the briefcase." Tell me a little bit about your grandfather. South son Debuted last year from Vertical Entertainment American Black Film Festival.. Now you are ready to make your debut at the Open Theater on February 5, 2021. And Daddy said, he even put me back in the will. A native of Mobile, he graduated from Huntingdon College in Montgomery where he became a member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). That's was very hard to see. He obviously started making notes, at least mental notes. Wow. Well, what was going through my mind at that time of meeting Rosa Parks and getting to know her and Reverend Abernathy. Although he occasionally uses a broad brush dipped in primary colors while fashioning his admiring portrait of Bob Zellner, the grandson of a Ku Klux … But did you feel like it was hard gaining SNCC’s trust? Part of it is that Jeff Sessions is alumni of Huntingdon College. A grandson of a Klansman comes of age in the deep south and eventually joins the Civil Rights Movement. I said, "When are you coming back?" I thought it was a huge ongoing affair, but the staff was just getting together, so I was on the ground floor without really realizing it. We knew that at some point we'd have to make a decision. A messy biopic about civil right activist Bob Zellner, and based on “The Wrong Side of Murder Creek,” “Son of the South” comes during a moment when the social and political divide couldn’t be more stark, and though nobody is dismissing Zellner’s story, or Brown’s yearning to direct it, you can’t help but squawk at yet another film about the civil rights movement told from the perspective of a … #lucas till #Son of the South #Bob Zellner #screenshots. They had books and the mom was throwing the books in the fire. In the biopic, the grandson of a Klansman finds himself on the opposite side fighting for civil rights alongside great figures of the time like Rosa Parks. He was not just white, but from Alabama, and his father and grandfather had been members of the Ku Klux Klan. I think all five of us students knew which side was correct and which side was right, which side was Christian, which side was American, constitutional and which side was terrorist and unconstitutional. MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — For six decades, Gulf Coast native Bob Zellner has been on the front lines of the civil rights movement. Follow. Did he ever come around? 113 notes. Son Of The South Review: This Film Celebrates An Unsung Hero. An incredibly powerful true story. READ MORE: Spike Lee to EP Civil Rights Drama ‘Son of the South’ Based on Bob Zellner’s Autobiography. Or was he die hard to the day he died about his stances? First time I went back to Huntingdon College campus, I was arrested. We had the moral high ground, but it was also very practical. After that, there was not a lot of question with the early SNCC people about my commitment, but I also realized that white privilege, would lead me go back to being white at any time that I wanted to, had I chose to do so, but I made a commitment that I wouldn't, so I tried to live up to that. Their work supplied the Civil Rights Movement with its most significant assets, including the power of multi-racial solidarity and grassroots organizing. I think that's the real message here. Bob Zellner, A Son Of The South 1 Photo Bob Zellner's book "The Wrong Side of Murder Creek." ‘Son of the South’ Review: Tale of an Alabama Activist Sometimes absorbing, sometimes mortifyingly tone-deaf, the film dramatizes the memoir of the … Anything you want to leave the audience with? What went through my head was the similarity of my fellow white southerners acting like Nazis, because by the time we got there, they had busted all their suitcases and all the students had books. I think that's the genius of not only his filmmaking ability, but it's the kernel of truth that should make this a universal movie, if people are interested in the early Civil Rights Movement. After his eighteenth arrest, Bob and his partner, Elizabeth Pamela Smith have moved back to his home state of Alabama, where they worked to elect Senator Doug Jones and support the work of EJI, Bryan Stevenson’s Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery. I'm glad you're here. Son of the South (2020) - On Sky Cinema Premiere on Thu 13 May at 6:10pm. To celebrate a life that truly deserves to be celebrated is a welcome change from watching bio-pics about gangsters and sociopaths who are best left buried in the debris of history. He said, "I don't know." As a new generation asks, “What is my place in this struggle?” Zellner’s work points to new answers. I was very lucky, being a student of sociology and psychology, that it was Rosa Parks who challenged me and said, "You can't study this forever, and something's going to happen in front of you someday and you're going to have to decide which side are you really you? He brings to life heartbreaks as well as victories of the Civil Rights Era in a way that empowers and instructs the modern-day movement. That was my commission in the Civil Rights Movement. So Bob, tell me a little bit about meeting Barry and beginning this relationship where he's taking your story and making it into a film? One of my brothers has reverted to be a Trump supporter and a Roy Moore supporter, and just as mean as he can possibly be, and he's a deacon of the church. I'm sorry, I'm emotional. It's very sad that Huntingdon College, where a huge part of the script takes place, that they weren't able to bring themselves to welcome us to shoot on the campus. Tell me about what your feelings were during that situation? Until 1962 Zellner was SNCC’s only white field secretary. of South Ala. anguishmacgyver. They brag on all the movies that have been shot there, but not Spike Lee and Barry Alexander Brown shooting Son of the South. So it was a moral necessity and a practical necessity. Alumni In Son of the South, out on February 5, Lucas Till plays real-life civil rights activist Bob Zellner. I thought I'd be able to go into graduate school, maybe be a minister or something and have a more normal life, but it was not a normal time. In 2014, Zellner was featured in TIME Magazine as one of 17 "living legends" of the Civil Rights Movement to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. Well, the paradigm, it is just the story of one of our freedom songs we had in the movement, that freedom is a constant struggle, because after the Civil Rights Movement, we never thought that women's rights would be challenged again, or that anyone would try to restrict the vote to white people ever again, or labor rights would be restricted, but what's happened is that the Civil Rights Movement, there was tremendous reaction against the Civil Rights Movement and the right wing really dug in and did the kind of grassroots community organizing that the movement had done. It was very difficult to gain their trust, because I remember when James Forman finally made it to the SNCC office. It's really virulent here in the South, and it's easy to revert to that. Well, the one thing that I would like to be sure of, is that young people hear about this movie. The same is true for VOD and digital. But Granddaddy lived until about 93. On April 28, 2021 Zellner spoke about his experience in the civil rights movement at the MacQueen Alumni Center at the University of South Alabama. Well, we bonded right away and he asked me questions and so forth, and I talked to him about it, but I think we were extremely lucky to get Lucas Till to play this role. Those were people that you had to take a tremendous risk to follow them. Bob Zellner’s first steps into the civil rights movement would come later as a student at the all-white Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Alabama. He said, "I don't know, but you just open up the office every morning by nine o'clock and don't leave before 5:30 And take all the messages." Well, I was very lucky that I was mentored by Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King. But it means a lot that he put me back in the will. At one point, the ministers here that had worked with my father and Dr. King and Joe Lowery, they said, "Your Daddy's about to die and you need to go reconcile with him. On April 28, 2021 Zellner spoke about his experience in the … Well, my grandfather, he never changed his stance about supporting the Ku Klux Klan. His senior Sociology assignment prodded the class to use library research to find solutions to racial problems. I had been banned from campus for 40 years, not allowed to come back. Based on Bob Zellner’s autobiography “The Wrong Side of Murder Creek”, the story starts as Zellner begins his journey into the Civil Rights movement with a research paper focused on racial problems in the South. Honored to be a part of this. I don't know. It reminded me of Nazi Germany. The examples of Mrs. Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Ella Baker, Fannie Lou Hamer. I met Barry through Judy Irola and she said that he was from Montgomery, graduated Sydney Lanier. It's about the beginning of the movement, for me, as a white southerner. The most emotional part was when I saw the actors taking Lucas Till, the actor that plays me, taking him out of the car to take him down to the tree. 3/? https://www.flickeringmyth.com/2021/02/movie-review-son-of-the-south-2021 We need people to know that the Civil Rights Movement was led mainly by strong women, not these men that are held up in history as the leaders of the movement. He said that little land that he left me doesn't mean anything. I hope they take away that people have, after this movie, is that it's a young people's movie. They'd be... entering into the present day, and letting bygones be bygones, and entering the new. He handed me the briefcase and he said, "I'll be leaving now." I guess I was very lucky, because early on, our first staff meeting actually in SNCC, was in McComb, Mississippi. Well, that was in the early 80's. Yeah. We had to go to Tuskegee." Brian Dennehy playing my grandfather. 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