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A Binding Truth

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They were high school classmates in 1965. Jimmie transferred his senior year to an affluent high school in Charlotte -- he was their first Black football star. That decision swept him into one of North Carolina's most volatile civil rights cases, played out at the explosive intersection of football and race. De watched that case unfold and wrote about it in his college essay application. Decades later, a shocking discovery reveals secrets found buried in church records that would change their lives. Their story, rooted in the South, is also America's story -- one of slavery’s legacy and our current racial divide. It's a story of healing and shows a way forward as Jimmie and De explore their binding truth.

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Will Bjarnar InSession Film It’s not the type of documentary that needs to go to overly dramatic lengths in order to tell its story, nor should it. It’s academic but not cold or distant... Rated: B Jul 2, 2024 Full Review Alton Williams Battle Royale With Cheese A Blinding Truth is a powerful film about race relations in America. We cannot advance as a society without having important uncomfortable discussions that one needs to have to be able to move forward by examining the past. Feb 26, 2024 Full Review Federico Furzan Movie-Blogger.com A powerful portrayal of a cathartic meeting between two men who didn't know how close they were in terms of history. Feb 9, 2024 Full Review Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com A Binding Truth captures both the intimacy and universality of racism in a way that hits you like a gut-check. Rated: 3.5/4.0 Feb 6, 2024 Full Review Dallas King Flick Feast Slavery may have ended, but the scar tissue that it left in the country has never truly healed. A Binding Truth is a confronting and eye-opening film that can help further the discussion in wider America. Rated: 3/5 Nov 16, 2023 Full Review Ronak Kotecha ronakkotecha.wordpress.com Here is an indie-release worthy of a place in the U.S. government’s national archives and mandatory-viewing globally Rated: 4/5 Nov 16, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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Synopsis They were high school classmates in 1965. Jimmie transferred his senior year to an affluent high school in Charlotte -- he was their first Black football star. That decision swept him into one of North Carolina's most volatile civil rights cases, played out at the explosive intersection of football and race. De watched that case unfold and wrote about it in his college essay application. Decades later, a shocking discovery reveals secrets found buried in church records that would change their lives. Their story, rooted in the South, is also America's story -- one of slavery’s legacy and our current racial divide. It's a story of healing and shows a way forward as Jimmie and De explore their binding truth.
Director
Louise Woehrle
Producer
Louise Woehrle
Production Co
Whirlygig Productions
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 32m