Yarn Spinners Book Club will be discussing the book, Just Mercy, by Bryan Stevenson on March 3rd at Choctaw County Extension Office at 10:00 am. The public is welcome to attend. Moderator of discussion will be Jeanne Marszalek from Starkville, MS.
From March, 2020, afaJournal magazine (review of Just Mercy movie) American Family Association reviews movies and books for its readers, to inform them of possible objectionable material for children.
Just Mercy Just Mercy is the story of Bryan Stevenson, a Harvard educated attorney who founded the Equal Justice Institute in Montgomery, Alabama.
The film released nationwide in theatres in January. The film is based on Stevenson's memoir of his experience defending death row inmate Walter "Johnny D" McMillian.
McMillian was wrongly arrested, imprisoned, convicted, and placed on death row for a 1986 murder he didn't commit.
Just Mercy is measured, and the guilty carefully identified. The film is not an indictment of white people. Nor does it portray black men angrily looking for white people to hate. The film depicts real people with real emotions. Themes of humility, loyalty, and justice are well done, and the entire film is extremely powerful and thought-provoking with elements of faith woven throughout. But it must be approached with extreme caution. The film's depiction of the execution of a death row inmate is heavy and disturbing. Unfortunately, there are more than 40 profanities including G-D. Just Mercy is rated PG-13.
A full review of the film can be found at afa.net/the-stand/culture/2020/01/just-mercy.]
