Brilliant !!!

Rating: 8/10 (9 May 2020)

A subtle movie that makes its points with action, showing us just a glimpse of what it was like in the southern states in the 1960s. The Green Book was a real book that Negroes had to use to find out which hotels would accept them and which wouldn't. The black person, in southern states, had few rights until the landmark civil rights bills of 1964-65. This film shows us some of milder white reaction to black people. Murders, lynchings are violence of all kinds was par for the course in these states. The movie does a great job telling a true story -- one that involved a high-ranking official in the Kennedy administration to bring justice for Dr. Shirley. The soundtrack is the worst aspect of the film. Only one song, "Slow Twistin'" by Chubby Checker is reminiscent of 1962. If the filmmakers really wanted to set the mood for 1962 they would not have used songs from the 40s and 50s and pretended that was what Americans were listening to in 1962.