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Old Natchez on the Mississippi (1939)
Doesn't play well in 2021
7 June 2021
This "Documentary" short attempts to paint a sweet, nostalgic picture of the old South. It does so by repeating old White lies. Footage of an old Black woman smoking a pipe is accompanied by the narration, "Aunt Jennie, now in her late '80s, tells us that despite sentimental stories to the contrary, no merrier people ever lived than the colored folks of the pre-war South."
This was probably acceptable in 1939. In 2021, it's cringe-inducing.
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