Speakers For The Dead

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• Posted 05/13/11 by Shabba
  What was displayed in this film is the main reason why europeans are disliked and hated worldwide..These people have no respect for the dead be they white or peoples of color..What do you think museums are? The are places used to store the stolen artifacts taken from the graves of the dead. King Tut's body has been on a traveling exhibit for the past 60 or more years, making money for white people..I would slap the taste out of the mouth of this woman whose family planted potatoes in these peoples graves, and took some of the headstones to pave the floors of their barns and basement..These people are unbelieveable...
• Posted 05/16/10 by Glenn Graham
  This was a very moving film. As a descendent of settlers of Lyles Station, Indiana in the U.S. where one of the few surviving items from the past is the black cemetary, watching this film also brought back to mind the suffering and injustices that everyone including my parents and myself endured throughout our lives. I can clearly see racism in the actions of many people's positions on immigration, economic opportunity, health care and more. I applaud all those who worked to recover the knowledge of this cemetary, especially the white people who had the courage and conviction to do what is right. Only they could restore what some of their ancestors had taken away. They not only helped restore the history of those who lived in Priceville, but other blacks who suffered similarly. The way to make a group of people disappear is to erase their history. It's been tried many times through the centuries. Fortunately, often things survive. God bless all who helped, including those who sent anonymous letters. They may not have been able to do it openly, but their hearts moved them to help as best they could.