Dozens of members of the Bondurant family attended the first showing of the movie "Lawless" at Eagle Cinema in Rocky Mount Wednesday night, and many walked away with mixed emotions regarding the "rough" content.
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Staff Photo by Charles Boothe: Many descendants of the late Jack and Howard Bondurant attended the premiere showing of “Lawless” at the Eagle Cinema in Rocky Mount Wednesday night. They gathered for a party at the cinema before seeing the film. Sitting at the table in the foreground are, from left, Carol Bondurant (wife of G.T. Bondurant), Jack Bondurant’s daughters, Emmie Lee Gagni and Betty Lou Mitchell, Mitchell’s husband Howard, and Jack Bondurant’s son, G.T. Bondurant.
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