Lay My Burden Down (1966)

1966 · Short film · 31 min · dir. Jack Willis

A Look at the Life of the Southern Rural Negro

• Documentary
• News

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Synopsis

This documentary concentrates on the hardships of black tenant farmers and their families in the Selma, Alabama region. One family of ten survives on only $1,000 a year in a system that has changed little since the days of reconstruction after the Civil War. The sharecroppers work the land owned by white landowners as they struggle to make ends meet. One farmer explains that black people are never offered a loan of more than $50. Another man is evicted for not turning his check from the federal…

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Details

Director

Jack Willis

Released

1966-01-02

Running time

31 minutes

Cast & crew

• Jack Willis Director

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