Movie Details
Theatrical Release:February 15th, 2013
Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Stewart F. Hughes
An Ordinary Hero The True Story of Joan Trumpauer Mulholland (2013)
Movie"Whats easy and whats right are rarely the same thing"
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The amazing true story of civil rights pioneer Joan Trumpauer Mulholland An Ordinary Hero is directed by awardwinning filmmaker Loki Mulholland who captures his mothers story and learns about her courage and the role she played in changing American history As a white girl growing up in the South Joan witnessed the ugly realities of segregation and racism firsthand and vowed to one day change it By the time she was 19 she had already joined the Freedom Riders and participated in over three dozen sitins and protests Despite being attacked by angry mobs put on death row in the notorious Parchman Penitentiary and coming facetoface with the KKK Joan never wavered from her belief that we are all created equal