Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America

"Who We Are" comes at a time of racial reckoning in America and its message deserves to be heard loud and clear, but its impact is dulled by the flat presentation from directors Emily and Sarah Kunstler.

Robinson’s quasi-TED Talk is both broad-ranging and deep, covering a history that is political, legal, cultural, economic, psychological, emotional, moral and, in the end, also profoundly personal.

Suffers from the inherent banality that comes with watching a recording of someone – no matter how charismatic – speaking to a live audience we are not part of.

It gets its arms around a really complicated topic very efficiently, but in a way that is also thorough and surprisingly emotional.

The film's content isn't ritual at all. It's one man's answer, eloquent and heartfelt, to the challenge of reframing our discussion of a subject that has us numb from repetition.

An engaging and essential essay film that makes its points clearly, backed by evidence, for those open-minded enough to consider their education incomplete.

Sister documentarians Emily and Sarah Kunstler continue the family legacy of fighting for racial justice – their father was civil rights attorney William Kunstler – by adapting a speech delivered on Juneteenth 2018 by Jeffrey Robinson

Robinson’s thesis may at first feel overwhelmingly bleak and acutely painful, but it nevertheless conveys hope, promise and possibility.

Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America is a unique must-see documentary necessary for everyone, regardless of race, to watch at least once.

A startling and thoroughly researched documentary about the history of slavery and racism in the United States.