Struggle and Grace in the Segregated South
Fondren Presbyterian Church, along with the Presbytery of Mississippi and First Presbyterian Church of Canton, will host a free screening of the documentary, At the River, on Saturday, June 10, at 10:30 a.m. at the Capri Theater in the Fondren neighborhood in Jackson.
From the press kit:
“At The River is a feature length documentary about a certain time and place in the Deep South. In the Civil Rights era of the ’50s and ’60s, most Presbyterian ministers stood on the banks of the cultural river between segregation and white supremacy. They opted not to stir the waters in their congregations and communities by speaking out. However, a few young Southern Presbyterian ministers did brave those currents through their sermons, community organizing, and participating in marches and protests. They faced dangerous, hate-filled consequences for these actions.
At The River chronicles their lives and their decisions, as well as director Carolyn Crowder’s first-hand experience as a young white Southern girl from Montgomery, Alabama. During those mean and turbulent times these ministers, through their love and example, had a huge impact on her life in helping her overcome her southern racist brainwashing.
Mississippi voices in the film include Dick Harbison, Mac Hart, Bill McAtee, Eade Anderson, and others.”