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  • 2004
  • Not Rated
  • Emerging Pictures
  • 1 h 15 m
  • 2004
  • Not Rated
  • Emerging Pictures
  • 1 h 15 m
Home of the Brave

Summary A documentary about Viola Liuzzo, the only white woman murdered in the civil rights movement in America and why we DON'T know who she is. Told through the eyes of her children, the film follows the on-going struggle of an American family to survive the consequences of their mother's heroism and the mystery behind her killing. (Emerging ...

Directed By: Paola di Florio

Written By: Anne Seidlitz, Paola di Florio

  • 2004
  • Not Rated
  • Emerging Pictures
  • 1 h 15 m
  • 2004
  • Not Rated
  • Emerging Pictures
  • 1 h 15 m

Home of the Brave

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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Summary A documentary about Viola Liuzzo, the only white woman murdered in the civil rights movement in America and why we DON'T know who she is. Told through the eyes of her children, the film follows the on-going struggle of an American family to survive the consequences of their mother's heroism and the mystery behind her killing. (Emerging ...

Directed By: Paola di Florio

Written By: Anne Seidlitz, Paola di Florio

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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78% Positive
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22% Mixed
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100
Fascinating.
By David Sterritt FULL REVIEW
100
di Florio emerges with a serenely powerful, handcrafted film that navigates into a place Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once called "the tangled discords of our nation."
By Scott Foundas FULL REVIEW
88
Does a meticulous job of summarizing these notorious events, but it is the stories of Liuzzo's five children that gives it fresh emotional power.
By Jack Mathews FULL REVIEW
80
It is a film that should be required viewing by all citizens, especially students, if we hope not to repeat this awful chapter.
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70
The story the film has to tell is an outrage, but it never devolves into a sputtering tirade.
By Ken Fox FULL REVIEW
60
Doubles as a narrative of the nascent women's movement.
By Laura Sinagra FULL REVIEW
50
Di Florio loses her grip on Liuzzo's story whenever she lapses into generalities. But when Di Florio gets into the specifics of her subject's legacy, Home Of The Brave stands out as both relevant and moving.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Counterpoint Films
Release Date Oct 27, 2004
Duration 1 h 15 m
Rating Not Rated
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Awards

Santa Barbara International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Writers Guild of America, USA
• 1 Nomination

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