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Reviews
Angry, White and American (2017)
Could have been more...
Statistics, data & open dialogue could lead the film to other places. Probing is good if it opens a genuine conversation to the issues occurring in America. Anecdotal interviews won't paint the entire landscape of the current state in most of the southern & steel towns face; it's complexity is deeper than that.
The issue becomes when Younge's own biases & perception of "White" Americans clouds the viewer's opportunity to dissect & interpret for themselves.
Good attempt but falls short of what I as a viewer would have liked to interpret & analyze myself. Nonetheless, the film's efforts are there to get a glimpse & performed a further analysis at one's own time.
White Savior: Racism in the American Church (2019)
Historical & Social Misinterpretation
A film which further delivers on "progressive" ideals, transfer of power, intersectionality, & contemporary movement without acknowledging much of the United States changes & progressive movement while it continues to evolve. Half way through the film it becomes an agenda & propaganda to Black Lives Matter, Anti-Whiteness & criticism to Western Civilization. A complete hypocritical lens considering the same individuals who speak of lack of "diversity" explicitly have the privilege to enact & practice their faith as they see fit in the U.S.
The issue with our society are films & education like this one, which displays & ironically expresses hatred to a group in this case "white supremacy". These aren't christian values but rather an execution & separist idealogy. This furthers inflames racial tensions.
For starters, we can't reconcile our differences by continue labeling groups, but recognizing cultural differences & embracing those differences.