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This is a very good film!. Very refreshing considering how much garbage I've seen in the last 6 months :roll:. This is a rather long film and it's VERY ambitious.....perhaps overly ambitious. Why I say this is that this film attempts to cover the entire US civil rights movement, all the way from the 1920's right up to the election of Obama!. That's a lot to cover!. I couldn't help but feel as I watched this that it could have worked out better as a mini series than a movie. Parts of it (Especially the beginning) felt rushed. Decades are covered here along with many presidential administrations. This film is ALL about the details.... and many details about how people's attitude's slowly changed towards blacks in America are covered here. The question about the accuracy of the facts of how things really went down in those days are apparent here. I'm not saying they are not accurate, but I did ask the question to myself at times watching this.
Given our modern times and the general feelings now about equality, I have to admit I was shocked and somewhat embarrassed watching this. How could people have been so stupid and bigoted!. In closing, I realize that even NOW, discrimination still exists. There are job interviews I've gone into over the years and I KNOW.......FOR A FACT, that a qualified black man would NOT get the job!. I imagine a black man walking through the door of the manager's office and imagine the expression on his face upon seeing him. It's sad.
This is the best thing on the DVD shelves currently. See it!!. 8.5/10 stars for this ambitious effort!. :T
There are some disturbing, violent scenes in this movie and therefore, I would not recommend it for kids under 14 years.
This is a very good film!. Very refreshing considering how much garbage I've seen in the last 6 months :roll:. This is a rather long film and it's VERY ambitious.....perhaps overly ambitious. Why I say this is that this film attempts to cover the entire US civil rights movement, all the way from the 1920's right up to the election of Obama!. That's a lot to cover!. I couldn't help but feel as I watched this that it could have worked out better as a mini series than a movie. Parts of it (Especially the beginning) felt rushed. Decades are covered here along with many presidential administrations. This film is ALL about the details.... and many details about how people's attitude's slowly changed towards blacks in America are covered here. The question about the accuracy of the facts of how things really went down in those days are apparent here. I'm not saying they are not accurate, but I did ask the question to myself at times watching this.
Given our modern times and the general feelings now about equality, I have to admit I was shocked and somewhat embarrassed watching this. How could people have been so stupid and bigoted!. In closing, I realize that even NOW, discrimination still exists. There are job interviews I've gone into over the years and I KNOW.......FOR A FACT, that a qualified black man would NOT get the job!. I imagine a black man walking through the door of the manager's office and imagine the expression on his face upon seeing him. It's sad.
This is the best thing on the DVD shelves currently. See it!!. 8.5/10 stars for this ambitious effort!. :T
There are some disturbing, violent scenes in this movie and therefore, I would not recommend it for kids under 14 years.
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