Despite the stereotypical characterizations of the slaves portrayed during the pre-Civil War period in Louisiana here, Way Down South-written by Langston Hughes and star Clarence Muse-have them also portrayed as characters worthy of sympathy. White child singer Bobby Breen is the star who inherits those people after his father dies and he has to take measures to prevent them from being separated and sold with the help of Muse as well as Matthew "Stymie" Beard, former Our Ganger. I'll just now say I liked the story as well as the songs-some of which were also written by Muse and Hughes-performed by Breen and the Hall Johnson Choir. So on that note, I recommend Way Down South. P.S. Despite being set in my current home state, this movie was actually shot around Hollywood, California!