free, white and twenty-one
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arbekabe free, white and twenty-one
разг.
(be free, white and (over) twenty-one)
быть независимым, самостоятельным человеком, быть хозяином своей судьбы
You're free, white and twenty-one. He couldn't make you go there. (Suppl) — Вы человек свободный. Он не может заставить вас ехать туда.
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"Free, White and 21" is a 1963 movie by self-proclaimed "schlockmeister" director Larry Buchanan.[2] It was based on the true story of the controversial trial of a black man accused of raping a white woman in Dallas, Texas in the 1960s. The title is a version of the archaic American idiomatic phrase "free, white, and twenty-one", which means "beholden to no one".
Plot
The central conflict in this film is whether African-American businessman Ernie Jones (played by Frederick O'Neal) raped Swedish immigrant and civil rights Freedom Rider Greta Mae Hansen (played by Annalena Lund). Jones was the proprietor of the hotel at which Hansen decided to stay during her time in Dallas. The movie is primarily a courtroom drama, with many of the key events portrayed in flashback sequences as Jones and Hansen testify.
разг.
(be free, white and (over) twenty-one)
быть независимым, самостоятельным человеком, быть хозяином своей судьбы
You're free, white and twenty-one. He couldn't make you go there. (Suppl) — Вы человек свободный. Он не может заставить вас ехать туда.
.................
"Free, White and 21" is a 1963 movie by self-proclaimed "schlockmeister" director Larry Buchanan.[2] It was based on the true story of the controversial trial of a black man accused of raping a white woman in Dallas, Texas in the 1960s. The title is a version of the archaic American idiomatic phrase "free, white, and twenty-one", which means "beholden to no one".
Plot
The central conflict in this film is whether African-American businessman Ernie Jones (played by Frederick O'Neal) raped Swedish immigrant and civil rights Freedom Rider Greta Mae Hansen (played by Annalena Lund). Jones was the proprietor of the hotel at which Hansen decided to stay during her time in Dallas. The movie is primarily a courtroom drama, with many of the key events portrayed in flashback sequences as Jones and Hansen testify.
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Date: 2022-10-16 03:24 pm (UTC)A woman from Dallas goes on trial, charged with encouraging her 14-year-old daughter to have sex with a 16-year-old Mexican boy.