Sentences with phrase «graves of those lynched»

Found in Louisiana while scouting locations for 12 Years a Slave (and ultimately featured in the film), the tree is surrounded by graves of those lynched there.

The tree, which has the graves of lynched victims around the base, features in the film, during a scene where two runaway slaves are hanged.

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But when his true identity is discovered by one of the gang members (William Norton Bailey), Carter and Adams turn the tables on Ken, who is in grave danger of being lynched by an irate citizenry.

This cult favorite TV movie about a mentally challenged man who's wrongfully killed by a lynch mob while dressed as a scarecrow and seemingly returns from the grave for revenge smartly keeps things low key but still manages to deliver (non-explicit) thrills, buoyed by the scene eating of perennial love - to - hate - him bad guy Charles Durning.