Burden Of Truth

Drama · 1957

Joe and Ella Mae Hamilton, having just moved into a new neighborhood, are confronted by an angry, jeering mob of whites outside their house. Joe thinks back on his life. According to press materials, the film's story was based on an idea "expressed by [United Steelworkers of America Union, distributor of the film] President David J. McDonald in a speech on civil rights given by him" in Los Angeles in September 1956.

Starring

Hari Rhodes, Melvin Shapiro, Shirley J. Shawn, Paul Glass, Harry Reif, Tom Selden, Chick Hearn, Don Ament, Hank Simms, Ralph Woolsey

Director

J. Reid Rummage