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George K. from COLCHESTER, CT
Reviewed on 6/24/2020...

This documentary is one of the most moving films I have ever seen. It presents clearly a point of view that I, as a 77 year old white liberal male have never understood at a gut level.

It contains clips and photos that were painful for me to see, although few of them were new for me. What is new is the narration from James Baldwin's unfinished work, which makes searingly clear the horror that Black Americans live with on a daily basis.

Given the events of the past few months, Peter Travers of Rolling Stone nailed an evaluation of this movie. "James Baldwin is revealed to be both a poet and a prophet when it comes to his views on race in America..."

You owe it to yourself and to your role as an American to see this movie (It's available on Amazon Prime if you don't want to wait in line on SADVD.).

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Gloria B. (glowbird) from SPOKANE, WA
Reviewed on 12/25/2018...

The film is based on Baldwin's unfinished book, Remember This House, a book on the lives and killings of Medgar Evers, Malcom X and Martin Luther King. The film is so much more. It contains archival footage from many points in history and of events from lynchings and beatings of African Americans in the south through the Civil Rights, Rodney King, and even more contemporary footage. It includes Baldwin's intimate memories of Malcolm X, Medgar Evers, and Martin Luther King, all of whom he knew. His assessment of the American dilemma is searing as it is articulate and well-reasoned. You cannot watch this film and remain unmoved, blinded,or apathetic.

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