It's easy to make fun of now. A 1971 youth film about young pacifists at the Freedom School protected from violent rednecks by Billy Jack, a former Green Beret Vietnam veteran who hated the war. There's cultural appropriation. Obviously white actors play Indians. They weren't even Italian. They'd put a headband on a Caucasian and now she's an Indian.
Bernard Posner hates his wealthy father who dominates the town. Bernard might have been friends with the hippie kids at the Freedom School if he hadn't been a racist and a serial sex offender. Perhaps an important lesson for the kids. Hating your father is not enough.
It predated the wave of kung fu movies in the early '70's. They used Korean Hapkido master Han Bong-Soo as Tom Laughlin's stand-in in some of the martial arts scenes.
Rather conservative in some respects. Right off the bat, a pregnant teen condemns free love and the local sheriff is a nice guy and a friend to the young.
On the other hand, I don't think you'd see a movie now with the hero shooting it out with police.
I did a search on Roku and found only one streaming video channel that had it.
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