The Liberation of L.B. Jones

The Liberation of L.B. Jones

Some of his best friends were black... some of her best friends were white.

1970102 min6.1 / 10

A tense 1970s drama about racial and sexual transgression in the American South, where institutional racism and personal betrayal collide with explosive consequences.

A successful African American businessman has a quarrel with a white policeman, suspecting that he is having an affair with his wife. The policeman's colleagues are seeking to avoid publicity.

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