Blood Done Sign My Name

It's the peculiar name for a movie: Blood Done Sign My Name. I returned home moments ago after seeing the movie in a local Shelby, North Carolina theater. I seldom go to movies but this was a "must" because it was filmed locally--and I had a bit part as an "extra." Well, I had a bit part but it must have ended up on the cutting-room floor. Read additional information here (but this link may not last forever). The movie is in "limited release" so I really have very little time to advise my readers that I think this is a "must see." Based on true events and a book by the same name.

Copied from the Netflix website: Recounts the aftermath of the murder of Henry Marrow, a 23 year-old African American Vietnam veteran who was killed by a prominent white businessman and his grown sons in Oxford, North Carolina. Responding to the crime and the sham trial that followed, many young African American men take to the streets, engaging in riots and vandalism. However, Marrow's cousin, Benjamin Chavis, decides that the best way to protest the government's unwillingness to intercede is to organize a peaceful march on the state Capitol. What begins as a small group of Marrow's outraged friends and relatives soon grows to become a crowd of thousands over a three-day, fifty-mile trek to Raleigh. Ten years old at the time, Timothy Tyson watched as his father, pastor of the all-white Methodist church, tried in vain to get his congregation to reconcile with their African American neighbors. It was already too late; the black citizens of this small Southern town had decided to take matters into their own hands.

Logline: In 1970 Henry Marrow, a black Vietnam veteran, is murdered by a local white man, Robert Teel, and his sons. The Teels were acquitted by an all-white jury, which caused riots and arson in Oxford, North Carolina.

Genres: Drama and Adaptation

Running Time: 2 hr. 8 min.

Release Date: February 19th, 2010 (limited)

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for an intense scene of violence, thematic material involving racism, and for language.

Distributors: Paladin

Production Co.: Real Folk Productions

Filming Locations: North Carolina
North Carolina, USA

Produced in: United States