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Film review: A Conversation About Race
Bodekers premise, which is clearly borne out by the answers his interviewees give, is that Racism is used as a tool of intimidation, like a hammer, against Caucasian whites. He shows how so many people who say they believe racism is around them all the time actually cant come up with any examples of it, or even with a good definition
Its not often that you see a documentary about your own society that makes you squirm a little bit without any sex or violence. And thats especially true when you agree with the filmmakers viewpoint.
But the subject of racism in America has become so taboo, so powerfully charged, that any discussion of it in an open, honest, way is both refreshing and disturbing.
And so it is with Craig Bodekers new hour-long documentary, A Conversation About Race, in which Mr. Bodeker discusses issues of race with Americans (Denverites, to be specific) who believe they see or face racism in their everyday lives.
Mr. Bodekers views on the issue are clear, just from his having the courage to take up the issue and ask the questions he asks. And its about time that someone with these views makes a public statement, such as with this film, that racism in todays America, to the extent that it still exists at all in a nation which just elected Barack Obama, is not even a shadow of the true racism of former generations.
Bodeker interviews some of racisms believers, (to) look for inconsistencies whom he found either by posting a CraigsList ad to stop racism now or by interviewing random people on the streets of Denver. He didnt have to go far to find either the volunteers or the gaping logical and experiential holes in their beliefs.
[Linked below is a trailer for the film really doesnt do it justice, but you can at least get a sense of the movies style.]
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Bodekers premise, which is clearly borne out by the answers his interviewees give, is that Racism is used as a tool of intimidation, like a hammer, against Caucasian whites. He shows how so many people who say they believe racism is around them all the time actually cant come up with any examples of it, or even with a good definition
Its not often that you see a documentary about your own society that makes you squirm a little bit without any sex or violence. And thats especially true when you agree with the filmmakers viewpoint.
But the subject of racism in America has become so taboo, so powerfully charged, that any discussion of it in an open, honest, way is both refreshing and disturbing.
And so it is with Craig Bodekers new hour-long documentary, A Conversation About Race, in which Mr. Bodeker discusses issues of race with Americans (Denverites, to be specific) who believe they see or face racism in their everyday lives.
Mr. Bodekers views on the issue are clear, just from his having the courage to take up the issue and ask the questions he asks. And its about time that someone with these views makes a public statement, such as with this film, that racism in todays America, to the extent that it still exists at all in a nation which just elected Barack Obama, is not even a shadow of the true racism of former generations.
Bodeker interviews some of racisms believers, (to) look for inconsistencies whom he found either by posting a CraigsList ad to stop racism now or by interviewing random people on the streets of Denver. He didnt have to go far to find either the volunteers or the gaping logical and experiential holes in their beliefs.
[Linked below is a trailer for the film really doesnt do it justice, but you can at least get a sense of the movies style.]
Google it...
