I have mixed emotions about this film. In one part of my mind it encourages me to keep fighting, and another part of me is like what’s the point of us even trying? They ( white people) don’t look at us like humans and it has been like this forever, back then I feel like it was more hands on protesting, fighting etc. I believe as long as we keep fighting for rights that it is good but do I truly believe we are being heard?.. Not really. (Not all white people are racist)
A lesson that I took away from this story is that we are not respected and we were never respected. We were never even meant to have rights, their plan was to just work us and beat us. I took away that we need to stick together no matter what because a close fist hurts more than an open hand and that a kingdom that is divided will fall!! White people work together!!! That’s why they are still on top!
I feel that the images from this movie deconstructed negative media imagery because some of the white people were for us..as blacks we don’t realize that not all white people are racist, but the black power movement showed how low down and dirty the racist ones were. Even when peacefully protesting we were still murdered.
Josiah Russell Music 