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Jack Herrod (Tom Bower), the racist former sheriff of a South Carolina town, is dying of cancer. Decades ago, when a civil rights activist (Samuel L. Jackson) was murdered on Herrod's streets, he...
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Subtleties are thin on the ground, but the elements of...
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The town of Julia SC is approaching the 40th anniversary of the assassination of its leading civil rights figure, just as it is contemplating tearing down GOSPEL HILL -- its historic black district -- for a golf course.
Aug 21, 2009 · A former Sheriff of the southern town dealing with past sins, and a former civil rights worker, withdrawn since the martyrdom of his brother thirty years before, confront a threat to their town.
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- Drama
- Giancarlo Esposito
- 2009-08-21
Subtleties are thin on the ground, but the elements of social injustice, racial tension and character conflicts make the film engaging enough. Full Review | Mar 21, 2009. Brian Webster Apollo ...
Aug 25, 2009 · Gospel Hill | Film review. Film. Time Out says. Town hall tempers flare in this drama of good intentions but convoluted ideologies, set in a racially scarred Southern town that’s reeling from...
Aug 27, 2009 · Her enemies are thuggish white racists pressing the residents of Gospel Hill, a stable black neighborhood, to sell homes that have been in their families for generations so a golf resort can be...
Gospel Hill tells the intersecting story of two men in the fictional South Carolina town of Julia. Danny Glover plays John Malcolm, the son of a slain civil rights activist. Jack Herrod (Tom Bower) is the former sheriff who never got to the bottom of the murder.