Blood Done Sign My Name (2010)
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50% of critics liked it
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69% of users liked it
(336 ratings)
Author Timothy Tyson's acclaimed novel is adapted for the screen in this sweeping civil rights drama from director Jeb Stuart. Set in Oxford, NC, in the 1970s, Blood Done Sign My Name tells the tale of Civil Rights leader Dr. Ben Chavis (Nate Parker), who played a pivotal role in desegregating… More Author Timothy Tyson's acclaimed novel is adapted for the screen in this sweeping civil rights drama from director Jeb Stuart. Set in Oxford, NC, in the 1970s, Blood Done Sign My Name tells the tale of Civil Rights leader Dr. Ben Chavis (Nate Parker), who played a pivotal role in desegregating North Carolina's public school system, and who would go on to become the youngest-ever executive director and CEO of the NAACP. The film centers on the racial tensions that flared after a white father and son were charged with murdering a black man, and were subsequently acquitted of the crime despite the fact that it took place in full view of the public. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Directed By
- Jeb Stuart
- Written By
- Jeb Stuart
- Genres
- Drama
PG-13,
- In Theaters
- Feb 19, 2010 Wide
- Studio
- Paladin
Critic Reviews
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David Fear, Time Out New York
You can't deny the inspirational qualities of the story or Parker's screen presence, any more than you could accuse the film of subtlety or of masking its conspicuous pro-Christian agenda.
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Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
Though it can't quite transcend its filmmaker's earnest intentions, this solemn history lesson offers several powerful moments.
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J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
Along the way there are many fine, precisely observed moments showing what race relations were like in this little tobacco town at the turn of the decade.
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A.O. Scott, New York Times
What the film lacks in psychological nuance it makes up for in unassuming, intimate social observation.
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Tom Long, Detroit News
The story is well-told and well worth telling.
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Cast
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Rick Schroder
as Vernon Tyson
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Nate Parker
as Ben Chavis
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Nick Searcy
as Robert Teel
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Lela Rochon
as Roseana Allen
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Afemo Omilami
as Golden Frinks
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Martin Thompson
as Judge Linwood Peoples
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Michael May
as Gerald Teel
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Darrin Dewitt Henson
as Eddie McCoy
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Gattlin Griffith
as Young Tim Tyson
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Michael Rooker
as Defense Attorney Billy Watkins
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Omar Benson Miller
as Herman Cozart
