There’s a lot to admire about “Amend,” a new documentary series from Netflix whose goal is to educate the viewing public on the history of civil rights in America. The project — executive-produced by Will Smith and former “Nightly Show” host Larry Wilmore, and featuring both on-camera — is the sort of fundamentally educational product that’s unusual from an entertainment company. It’s done in a refreshing tone of complete earnestness, walking the audience through the different permutations of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, that which guarantees equal protection under the law, and ways it is has been used to expand rights for various protected classes. While this may be well-known to some, if you are looking for a teaching tool about recent and not-so-recent history, you could do a great deal worse than this.
“Amend” has a fairly loose structure. Smith, an affable presence who provides a sort of low-pressure template for learning,...
“Amend” has a fairly loose structure. Smith, an affable presence who provides a sort of low-pressure template for learning,...
- 2/17/2021
- by Daniel D'Addario
- Variety Film + TV
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