Surprisingly good take for the Guardian.
I could be wrong, but I don't recall hearing the words Marx or Marxism uttered even once in the film. The Queen's Gambit had more mentions of Marxism-Leninism.
Surprisingly good take for the Guardian.
I could be wrong, but I don't recall hearing the words Marx or Marxism uttered even once in the film. The Queen's Gambit had more mentions of Marxism-Leninism.
Doesn't that quote play in the background while the shot is focused on different characters? I saw someone say the same in another discussion thread.
If I remember correctly, it was playing while Hoover was giving a speech, BUT he stopped talking to let the clip play so it wasn't like he was talking over it (I just rewatched it right now and yeah they let it play so it wasn't being talked over and even though it wasn't the focus of the scene it was the focus of the moment).
Even still, the first time the actual character is in the movie not on a video, he talks about not accepting liberal reforms (a school got a building name changed) and says that revolution flows from the barrel of a gun and that they only believe in revolutionary culture.
Nice, I've been meaning to watch it so I'm glad to hear it isn't as watered down as the other film portrayals of civil rights leaders.
I've said it before somewhere, but its honestly the best, most honest portrayal of a revolutionary I can remember.
I have some nitpicks of the movie, but overall I loved it. Its probably more enjoyable and eye-opening for people who knew nothing of the story or were just taught that the Panthers were the black version of the KKK instead of uber-online leftists who have read books about Hampton and watched other docs about the Panthers.