Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America
critic Reviews
, 98% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score- Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America offers a stirring and persuasive reckoning with a subject that's as fundamental as it is highly charged.
- , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreAdam GrahamDetroit News
"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.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreMichael O'SullivanWashington Post
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.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreSarah-Tai BlackGlobe and Mail
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.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreChristy LemireFilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
It gets its arms around a really complicated topic very efficiently, but in a way that is also thorough and surprisingly emotional.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreJoe MorgensternWall Street Journal
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.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScorePeter DebrugeVariety
An engaging and essential essay film that makes its points clearly, backed by evidence, for those open-minded enough to consider their education incomplete.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreRobert DenersteinDenerstein Unleashed
The point: We must look at the ugliest piece of American history and acknowledge that we're responsible for facing it -- even if we didn't create it.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreBeth AccomandoKPBS.org
Robinson's tone throughout is calm and reasoned, even when speaking with a white Southerner holding a Confederate flag and insisting the Civil War had nothing to do with slavery.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreDouglas LamanThe Spool
This documentary is no easy watch, but Who We Are does prove to be a stirring and necessary one.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreKelly VanceEast Bay Express
Robinson’s film, based on his personal experiences as well as extensive scholarship, is one of the most powerful examinations of our country’s national curse.
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