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You Belong to Me (2014) is a English movie. John Cork has directed this movie. Anita Davenport,Denise Durette,Reggie Brooks,George Jacobsen are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2014. You Belong to Me (2014) is considered one of the best Documentary,Crime,Drama,History movie in India and around the world.
The "You Belong To Me" documentary tells the 1952 story of Ruby McCollum, an Black American woman who killed a prominent Caucasian American doctor in Live Oak, Florida, and the remarkable secrets and terrible truths revealed during her trial and incarceration. Her case haunted jurors and prosecutors for decades. Ruby McCollum was the wealthiest black woman in Suwannee County, Florida. Her husband, Sam, ran the local Bolita numbers racket. Was Ruby insane or was the killing of Dr. Clifford Leroy Adams the last sane act of a woman whose wealth and status could not protect her from the blind indifference and humiliations of the Jim Crow South? The ghost of Ruby McCollum still roams the streets of Live Oak, Florida.
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You Belong to Me (2014) Reviews
Awful
This Doc needs to be redone; Very poorly written and extremely unorganized. Too many holes in testimonies and interviews.. And Its titled Rap and violence but no evidence of such acts depicted in the Doc.. What happened to her children once her husband passed? Who did he bring the children to live with?Where did he pass? Where is he buried? Is it next to Ruby?
You Belong to Me
I'm glad I got a chance to see this movie, although I was a little disappointed with it because it was not what I expected. It uncovered what black women back then faced and showed how they were silenced and not given a voice against rape/violence/discrimination from white men in particular. I thought the movie would draw the audience to realize these things but instead it left me with a lot of open questions. The motive for the murder of Doctor Adams wasn't clear. There were no strong witnesses or relatives that knew anything directly from Ruby herself. There was a lot of speculation, and little evidence since most of the people involved in the case were dead or didn't participate in the film. The last scene was not necessary in my opinion. To end the movie with Ruby's own son believing that the doctor and Ruby had actually had an affair goes against what I thought the whole movie was about. In all, at least her story was told because I didn't know about her until now. People will take what they want from the movie no matter how it was presented and at least it opens the conversation about this issue.
A movie about injustice in the south
I had the pleasure of being able to view this movie in Lancaster through my film class and got to listen to Director Jude Hagen discuss the importance of the story. For years, this story was covered up and would not be talked about in the town that it took place. It was sort of an embarrassment to the community. The filmmakers caught wind of the story and decided to dig deeper. The story is about a very rich African American Woman named Ruby McCollum who was a a very respected woman during this time. One day she was driving down the street with her children in the back, stopped at the doctors office, and shot and killed the doctor. No one had realized why, and she was later arrested for it. The film explores the whole case through a few recovered documents and through testimonials. The way the film is shot is great! Between the interviews, the cut scenes to actors portraying people, and the text tracks. The biggest downfall with this movie is that it was very opinionated and seemed to push the agenda without much proof. Most of the people interviewed were either children or grandchildren of witnesses, attorneys, etc. during that time. Also, not a lot of documentation was found because a lot of it had been lost in a fire. All of this points to show that much of what was on the screen being said and shown was drawn not from fact mainly from word of mouth and opinion. Still a very interesting story and worth a watch!