The Fighting Priest (Trailer)
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- Опубликовано: 19 дек 2019
- "The Fighting Priest" is a documentary about the man behind the collar of a Milwaukee Catholic priest who provoked civil authority and the holy order to march toward social justice and human rights. As the dilemma and idealization of social justice percolates our current cultural conversation, James Groppi’s story continues to shed light on how we got here and where we need to go, serving as a tool of empowerment for today’s activists.
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Excited to see this new docu film.
I was a Vista Volunteer in Milwaukee, and saw the activism of Groppi first hand. Groppi paid his dues. A great community organizer!
0.43 is a picture of my mom and my aunt. I'm so proud!
When is this movie coming out?
Targeting Late Fall 2020
When HELL cools down where he is now.
@@11thstory Sorry, just seeing this. Is this film completed and out now?
@@tklloyd1 Not yet. Should be out this year. Thank you.
grew up near by and I am looking forward to seeing your film!!
Hi, Yes my mother's family lived a couple of blocks from the Groppi's food store on Wentworth.
I personally view Groppi's passionate pleading (1967-8) too late in Black Milwaukee civil rights struggles. Vel Philps was elected the first Black person alderperson in 1962. She introduced a fair housing resolution to the white racist majority city council. White Racist City Mayor Mier with his racists City Councilmen voted it down five years consecutively. During those five years (62 to 67) Groppi pontificated in the house of his religion (not the streets on the Northside) while Black Milwaukeeans were protesting ill-social conditions affected by White racist police patrolling the community and white racist business leaders refusal to hire black workers. Alderwoman Vel Philps 7 year previous fight/failure to introduce a fair housing resolution in the Milwaukee City Counsel was adopted only after the Federal Government enacted the 1968 Fair Housing Law... That's when hell froze over in Milwaukee so to speak.
Vel Phillip was a champion in the housing movement! I disgree with your viewpoint on Groppi's fight for civil rights.
In the 1950's, during his seminary years, Groppi worked in the summer camps with youth from the inner core. Groppi participated in the 1963 March on Washington and the Selma to Montgomery marches in 1965 on behalf of the Voting Rights Act. He also participated in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference voter registration project in the South, led by Martin Luther King, Jr., during the summer of 1965. In 1965, Groppi become the advisor to the Milwaukee chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Youth Council, organizing protests against the segregation of Milwaukee public schools.
Father Groppi started with Voting Rights, moved to segregation and then to housing and beyond.... According to commando Fred Reed, "He had everything to lose and nothing to gain."
Henry Maier was NO RACIST. Chief Breier wasn't one either......he helped hire scores of young black men to be officers in the Milwaukee Police Department.
@@11thstory He also helped bring crime and disorder to a city that once was great when working-class immigrants lived in it. There's a reason Wisconsinites still curse him to this day.
What if Groppi had become a spiritual force instead of a political force? What if instead of bringing racial tensions to the for front spending 200 days with impressionable children protesting he had truly used his ability to persuade and lead people by pointing to a God that's bigger than racism and helped generations become spiritual leaders who would make their own community thrive? I always found it strange that Groppi had to put so much faith into politics to fix things as if the love of God in a community couldn't. So I have a few questions on this movie. Will this get into the unexpected flood non-local blacks coming North to Milwaukee so rapidly where it was not able to be supported by the political system? When things like this happen you see churches move in to help and not typically move out to complain. If Groppi saw need why go political about it? To bleed the local tax payers instead of reaching out into areas for Christian charity so we "do not neglect"? Will this movie bring up the mayor of Milwaukee was a Democrat that begged for the national guard to be called in? Will it talk about how Dems wanted to limit second amendment rights to those who are poor or black following all of this even into the Clinton years? Will it talk about the black on black female fight that somehow turned into an anti-cop violent outburst (likely due to more Southern tensions) during the summer of 1967 that brought police tensions and allowed them to stay as they were NOT properly called out as wrong? Will it get into the issues that lead up to a forced curfew that Groppi seemed to disrespectfully refused to obey and even sounded like he wanted to see hate spread as he said something along the lines of peace isn't working(you can find the quote someplace, I am sorry if I am not doing good with it). I know he acted as if Jesus fought for justice but that's not what the Bible says, Jesus said DON'T misuse the temple (symbol of Jesus himself) for-selfish gain. The Bible said Jesus IS justice and Jesus IS peace. I know Groppi's "youth" group was even involved in private home protests (this led to counter youth protests, both not okay) and I believe harm to the mayors location (was it his office or house) at one point. Hate can't stop hate. Sin can't stop sin. The Bible literally tells us to obey the government unless they tell us to sin the gov. was not telling anyone to sin, Groppi seemed to be saying not to obey the gov. Is that a sin? Groppi didn't seem to focus on Gods POWER. He seemed well intentioned but off or possibly even to be pretending to be God. Clearly he did think God himself too small to let the ways of the Bible fix things without Groppi's ideas and very particular political pusses that Groppi felt be pushed forward or you get harassed. Nothing wrong with a protest but at what point are you no longer protesting and just a bulling mob? That was joke, Groppi thinks he is the white God to the blacks and encouraged behavior that was considered unruly, disrespectful, and distasteful. Like today both sides ignored God and acted awful will this video cherry pick pictures to make it look like good verse evil when that wasn't the truth? Will this video discuss how after people "felt" Groppi hate and race baited and was used to use blacks till things got out of hand and immigrant families had their businesses broken into, looted, set on fire and destroyed by an assumed 5% of the blacks, mostly those new to the area and easily impressionable? That was a "long hot summer" and part of the heat was innocent businesses being harassed and burned. WHAT DID THAT ACCOMPLISH? They also chanted they wanted black power and whites to leave. I know people who are not proud of their actions of the time, there is nothing to be proud of when you don't put faith in God but instead think you need to sin to fix things. Part of the counter was whites didn't want to leave and felt being forced out. Yes, to many it seemed he caused trouble and HATE baited people into a race war spreading whatever feelings he had about what was going on in the South like it was going on to the same level here TILL IT WAS. What we needed was positive integration to continue with the legislative things on the table LEGALLY discussed and not bully forced but the pace that is WAS happening at was deemed too slow and a lack of jobs and businesses in poor areas were blamed on race. Well how did that work out? It didn't. So will this talk about how "THAT" is what increased race tensions, police tension, and moved "whites" out of the area and not blacks into white areas as businesses just moved to where they wouldn't get harmed? Look at Milwaukee today. It is still ruined by what happened. Schools WERE integrated (why were so called "black" schools so bad? It's not a lack of money!) so don't be lied to that schools were not integrated just because the republican idea of school choice was not in place or, like today, loans are given to those who proved they can pay them back and THAT'S part of how you get ahead. The idea that government handouts are needed based on race is the real sickness. A person who skipped out on rent is not being racially discriminated against if no one will rent to them, go pay back your past landlord, don't skip your court date, be sorry and watch your reputation grow and neighborhoods improve. Yes, making it illegal to turn someone away from renting over race is a good and needed thing that was NATIONALLY achieved and had noting to do with Groppi, it happened despite Groppi. Groppi ignorned agreed upon concerns and instead USED isolated incidents in the North to push special race based treatment and even black power but not unity or equality. Groppi didn't try for respectfully achieved goals he seemed to have had a white savior complex (and who knows maybe he was a great guy when you got past his political obsessions and misuse of the Bible) but it didn't seem he saw black people as God sees black people, the SAME as white people. We are once race, the human race. There was a lot going on in the 60s and 70s and there is a lot going on now. There are people obsessed with "their" politics as the answer but what if it's simpler than that and we stop letting ourselves be political pawns where nothing actually changes for us other than a blow to our reputation? We need justice and peace. The book of Isaiah has that pointing to a savior and that savior is Christ alone. I know this had a lot and it might not be clear what all I am talking about but my point is we don't need more race baiting and hate baiting. We don't need more heroes and villains to push political agendas on us we need to turn to Jesus and turn off the commentary that has been not allowing that.