TVONE Movie : WHITE WATER

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The African-American cabler TV One is adding a monthly original movie showcase to its schedule, newly appointed prexy Brad Siegel said Friday at the Television Critics Assn. press tour.



The original film platform will kick off Feb. 7 with “White Water,” a drama that has a timely theme of exploring segregation and racism during the era of the Civil Rights Movement.



Pic tells the story of a 7-year-old black boy who becomes obsessed with the desire to taste water from the whites-only drinking fountain. Rusty Cundieff of White Water Productions is directing and Dwayne Johnson-Cochran is producing. Michael C. Brandy and Eric Stein wrote the screenplay.



Cundieff noted that the recent incidents of police shootings of unarmed men and the protests they have unleashed add more weight to the project.



“It’s timely in a way that I didn’t imagine it would be when I first tried to get this film done,” he said. “It’s very odd that we’re dealing with some of these same issues” in the present day, he said.



That's February 7th on Saturday Night at 8:PM ET on TVONE.



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[beverlygee]

I don't know how i missed this info, but i am really sorry to say that i'm getting really tired of these films that are of racism and hatred. This is something that is going to be a problem till Jesus comes back and it just gets old to be reminded of this evil that exists.  Just yesterday i was looking at the news where an African American family was the victims of their home being firebombed in the middle of the night as they slept. Manhattan Beach is 10 minutes from where i live and i go there to shop or movie and dinner occasionally. This family is very well off as to afford a home in that area,  anything near the beach is quite expensive.  So i am pulling back from all films that depicts all that is going on with the issues of racism.  

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You know this will have to be taught to a newer generation they haven't seen or known of this hate it might get old but our story must always be told. A sad state of affairs but I will be checking it out.

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I watched it but I didn't like it there was this voice over guy narrating his childhood story about wanting the taste of white water in a whites only fountain in the 60's. I couldn't stick with it was a little childish it was suppose to be in 1963 what I did noticed he was on the bus with his mother but they had to sit in the back but didn't Rosa Parks change that before 63 children should learn about their history I love Tate but this was a thumbs down for me. So I watch Kym Whitley .


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[beverlygee]

Feb 7, 2015 18:28:36 GMT -4 Admin said:

You know this will have to be taught to a newer generation they haven't seen or known of this hate it might get old but our story must always be told. A sad state of affairs but I will be checking it out.

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You're right C, the newer generation has to be taught. And  i believe some folks are teaching their kids racism, my son drives kids of the rich and famous to a private school everyday, he told me just yesterday that he has two African American kids one of whom her father who can be seen on tv every Sunday. He says these children "don't trip on racism" and that they all get along very well. This left me wondering if economic status has anything to do with how these two black kids blend so well with white kids. 

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I remember the days of white only washrooms, water fountains, and lunch counters. My mom used to take me to Alabama every summer and all that stuff was real. I hated going downtown because I felt bad having to go in the "colored washroom." I was so glad to get back home where that stuff didn't exit. But little did I know that most of the White people where I lived hated colored folks too. I liked the movie White Water.....maybe because I can personally relate to the story.  The Montgomery Bus Boycott ran through the late 50's.

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Feb 8, 2015 17:20:20 GMT -4 beverlygee said:

Feb 7, 2015 18:28:36 GMT -4 Admin said:

You know this will have to be taught to a newer generation they haven't seen or known of this hate it might get old but our story must always be told. A sad state of affairs but I will be checking it out.

C

You're right C, the newer generation has to be taught. And  i believe some folks are teaching their kids racism, my son drives kids of the rich and famous to a private school everyday, he told me just yesterday that he has two African American kids one of whom her father who can be seen on tv every Sunday. He says these children "don't trip on racism" and that they all get along very well. This left me wondering if economic status has anything to do with how these two black kids blend so well with white kids. 

Hmmmm this is call it doesn't bother me and that was yesterday they don't see that not so long ago you dare not sit with whites on the bus you dare not sit near them or around them anywhere or eat with them. Young not all young folks feel that was old school but sweeties who paved the way for your life today to become President, Doctor, Lawyers you name it, it was the first of our history making people who paved the way. That's why it's very important for young people of color to know their history not to laugh at it and throw their hands to the wind about it even in Football and Baseball their was an African Negro American who lead the way for who you become today.

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[beverlygee]

That's so true. But i think it starts in the home, and i believe this history is taught in schools as well.