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The movie seems to hold back a bit on showing the actual violence going on. The movie implies the violence is bad by mentioning the church bombings, but the couple of scenes of actual violence in the movie are relevantly tame. There is clearly an attitude of fear in the movie about the situation, but we never really see the real reason for the fear as all the characters in the movie get off ok. - Jonathan Bell | The movie seems to hold back a bit on showing the actual violence going on. The movie implies the violence is bad by mentioning the church bombings, but the couple of scenes of actual violence in the movie are relevantly tame. There is clearly an attitude of fear in the movie about the situation, but we never really see the real reason for the fear as all the characters in the movie get off ok. - Jonathan Bell | ||
| − | I found the filmmaker's choice to have this movie from the daughter's perspective very interesting and very beneficial to its achievement of historical accuracy. At first, I couldn't help but chuckle at the fact that a young white girl was telling a story about one of the most influential movements in black civil rights history. But when you think about it, you couldn't get a more objective point of view. The daughter had no idea what was going on, she did not know the concept of race. She only sees the care and protectiveness from both her parents and Odessa. I think this made it easier for the audience to immerse themselves into the shoes of Odessa and other blacks during the bus boycotts, as well as Miriam, her husband, and especially her daughter. - David F. | + | I found the filmmaker's choice to have this movie from the daughter's perspective very interesting and very beneficial to its achievement of historical accuracy. At first, I couldn't help but chuckle at the fact that a young white girl was telling a story about one of the most influential movements in black civil rights history. But when you think about it, you couldn't get a more objective point of view. The daughter had no idea what was going on, she did not know the concept of race. She only sees the care and protectiveness from both her parents and Odessa. I think this made it easier for the audience to immerse themselves into the shoes of Odessa and other blacks during the bus boycotts, as well as Miriam, her husband, and especially her daughter. Furthermore, there are no biases attached to the daughter because of her attachment to her family and Odessa. - David F. |
== 6 Overall == | == 6 Overall == | ||
