Deacons for Defense
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Deacons for Defense is a 2003 television drama film about an armed African American self-defense group protecting civil rights activists in 1960s Louisiana.
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| Deacons for Defense canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Deacons for Defense Context triple: [Bill Duke, directed, Deacons for Defense]
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Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights
The Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights was a key civil rights organization in Birmingham, Alabama, that mobilized Black churches and communities in nonviolent protest against racial segregation and discrimination in the 1950s and 1960s.
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B.
Citizens Commission on Human Rights
The Citizens Commission on Human Rights is an advocacy group founded by the Church of Scientology that campaigns aggressively against psychiatry and psychiatric treatments.
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C.
Council of Conscience
The Council of Conscience was a high advisory body in early 18th-century France responsible for matters of religion, morality, and ecclesiastical policy within the royal government.
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D.
Pillar of Fire Church
Pillar of Fire Church is a Methodist-related evangelical Christian denomination founded in the early 20th century in the United States, known for its emphasis on holiness and conservative theology.
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E.
Community for Creative Non-Violence
Community for Creative Non-Violence is a Washington, D.C.-based advocacy organization known for its work on behalf of homeless people and its involvement in landmark First Amendment litigation.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Deacons for Defense Target entity description: Deacons for Defense is a 2003 television drama film about an armed African American self-defense group protecting civil rights activists in 1960s Louisiana.
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A.
Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights
The Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights was a key civil rights organization in Birmingham, Alabama, that mobilized Black churches and communities in nonviolent protest against racial segregation and discrimination in the 1950s and 1960s.
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B.
Citizens Commission on Human Rights
The Citizens Commission on Human Rights is an advocacy group founded by the Church of Scientology that campaigns aggressively against psychiatry and psychiatric treatments.
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C.
Council of Conscience
The Council of Conscience was a high advisory body in early 18th-century France responsible for matters of religion, morality, and ecclesiastical policy within the royal government.
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D.
Pillar of Fire Church
Pillar of Fire Church is a Methodist-related evangelical Christian denomination founded in the early 20th century in the United States, known for its emphasis on holiness and conservative theology.
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E.
Community for Creative Non-Violence
Community for Creative Non-Violence is a Washington, D.C.-based advocacy organization known for its work on behalf of homeless people and its involvement in landmark First Amendment litigation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (61)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | television film ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Deacons for Defense and Justice
NERFINISHED
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real events ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Paul Sarossy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Bill Duke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Showtime Networks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Ronald Sanders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| executiveProducer |
Bill Duke
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Forest Whitaker NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Switzer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | drama ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
armed self-defense in civil rights era
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community resistance to white supremacy ⓘ |
| musicBy | Stephen James Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | Showtime NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
William D. Johnson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
William S. Gilmore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2003-02-16 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2003 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 99 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Frank Military
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Richard Wesley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTime | 1960s ⓘ |
| starring |
Adam Weiner
NERFINISHED
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Anysha Berthot NERFINISHED ⓘ Arthur Eng NERFINISHED ⓘ Arthur Grosser NERFINISHED ⓘ Arthur Holden NERFINISHED ⓘ Chris Britton NERFINISHED ⓘ Claudia Besso NERFINISHED ⓘ David Huband NERFINISHED ⓘ Djanet Sears NERFINISHED ⓘ Eugene A. Clark NERFINISHED ⓘ Forest Whitaker NERFINISHED ⓘ Gene Mack NERFINISHED ⓘ Harry Standjofski NERFINISHED ⓘ Howard Rosenstein NERFINISHED ⓘ Hugh Thompson NERFINISHED ⓘ John Koensgen NERFINISHED ⓘ Jonathan Silverman NERFINISHED ⓘ Kwasi Songui NERFINISHED ⓘ Kwesi Ameyaw NERFINISHED ⓘ Lynn Adams NERFINISHED ⓘ Martin Roach NERFINISHED ⓘ Mpho Koaho NERFINISHED ⓘ Nancy Sorel NERFINISHED ⓘ Ossie Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Benjamin NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter MacNeill NERFINISHED ⓘ Ralph Prosper NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Brewster NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Crooks NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Higden NERFINISHED ⓘ Tyrone Benskin NERFINISHED ⓘ Vlasta Vrana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
African-American self-defense
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civil rights movement ⓘ racism in the United States ⓘ |
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