A Time to Kill A Time to Kill, directed by Joel Schumacher is a film that presents the high racial tensions in Canton Mississippi in the early 1990’s. The film opens with two young men, James Lewis Willard and Billy Ray Cobb joy riding in their beat up yellow pick up truck decked out with Confederate flags. They speed though black neighborhoods throwing full beer bottles at people and houses, until they come across ten-year-old …showed first 75 words of 2379 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2379 total…viewer no matter were that viewer stands as far as racial beliefs. The film represents a wide range of views on the situation, from the Ku Klux Klan, Jake, Carl Lee, the NAACP, Buckley, the Judge, the jury, Dept. Luny, and the general population of Canton. The film presents everything from the extreme events to everyday actions. A Time To Kill is an outstanding film that deals with important issues and shows many simple realities.