I've created an account to write this review because I found this documentary so moving and informative.
I'm white and along with films like Boys in the Hood and Mississippi Burning - this documentary has reminded me that BLM need to matter and hence stay with me. I know some people have said "but all lives matter", well they don't - not in this sense. BLM is so important because black lives have not mattered time and time again. And this documentary demonstrates that, I watched feeling shame at times, but always feeling enlightened. I too wished I could walk with the black lady to school so that she was not alone, Baldwin comments on his regret at not being there for her too. There's so many moments to make you pause. And you quite see how some were drawn to the Black Panther movement, and Malcolm X's call to fight by any means necessary (I felt that with Black Panther the movie too! I could see the temptation of the more violent route because of the horrific historical treatment of blacks). Bobby Kennedy...I wanted to reach into the screen and punch him, Lorraine - oh, inspirational. That's not even touching on half of the crucial eye opening moments in this.
Just watch it.
I'm white and along with films like Boys in the Hood and Mississippi Burning - this documentary has reminded me that BLM need to matter and hence stay with me. I know some people have said "but all lives matter", well they don't - not in this sense. BLM is so important because black lives have not mattered time and time again. And this documentary demonstrates that, I watched feeling shame at times, but always feeling enlightened. I too wished I could walk with the black lady to school so that she was not alone, Baldwin comments on his regret at not being there for her too. There's so many moments to make you pause. And you quite see how some were drawn to the Black Panther movement, and Malcolm X's call to fight by any means necessary (I felt that with Black Panther the movie too! I could see the temptation of the more violent route because of the horrific historical treatment of blacks). Bobby Kennedy...I wanted to reach into the screen and punch him, Lorraine - oh, inspirational. That's not even touching on half of the crucial eye opening moments in this.
Just watch it.