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Booker's Place: A Mississippi Story is a american film of genre Documentary directed by Raymond De Felitta released in USA on 27 april 2012

Booker's Place: A Mississippi Story (2012)

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Released in USA 27 april 2012
Length 1h31
Directed by
OriginUSA
Rating77% 3.8786153.8786153.8786153.8786153.878615

Booker's Place: A Mississippi Story is a 2012 documentary film about Booker Wright, an African-American waiter who worked in a restaurant for whites only. In 1965, Wright appeared in Mississippi: A Self Portrait, a short NBC television documentary about racism in the American South. During his interview with producer Frank De Felitta, he spoke openly about racism, and his treatment as a waiter in an all-white restaurant. The broadcast of his remarks had catastrophic consequences for Wright.

Booker's Place: A Mississippi Story was directed by the son of Frank De Felitta, Oscar-nominated, independent filmmaker Raymond De Felitta, and co-produced by one of Booker Wright’s four grandchildren, Yvette Johnson. It includes interviews with those who lived in the community. They discuss life at the time, and the restaurant Wright owned, which catered to African-American customers.



The documentary premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 25, 2012.
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