One advantage is a person who is viewing the film can see actual photos or videos from the time when this was happening. When the people in Mississippi found out the college kids’ arrival was impending, and they were planning to get black people voting rights, many of the white supremacists were livid. A watcher could see how distraught the Klan was when the film presented the Klan burning many crosses. When the three kids who went down to Mississippi early got killed and then were discovered, we saw dead bodies in a hole, their car being towed out of a ditch, and a little boy weeping at one of the college kid’s funerals. All of these examples assisted in my understanding of how grim the situation was at the time, and it also helped me get a better idea of how people acted during this time. The documentary Freedom Summer had a lot of tangible photos and videos from the summer,
One advantage is a person who is viewing the film can see actual photos or videos from the time when this was happening. When the people in Mississippi found out the college kids’ arrival was impending, and they were planning to get black people voting rights, many of the white supremacists were livid. A watcher could see how distraught the Klan was when the film presented the Klan burning many crosses. When the three kids who went down to Mississippi early got killed and then were discovered, we saw dead bodies in a hole, their car being towed out of a ditch, and a little boy weeping at one of the college kid’s funerals. All of these examples assisted in my understanding of how grim the situation was at the time, and it also helped me get a better idea of how people acted during this time. The documentary Freedom Summer had a lot of tangible photos and videos from the summer,