hurtful but educational

Rating: 9/10 (5 February 2017)

This is not a feel good movie. Throughout watching this film I felt angry, ashamed and outraged at the unfair and downright disgusting 1960s society. All the white people in this movie are terrible. Yes even Kevin Costner, literally "the white knight" who, seemingly, is not valuing people upon their skin color or sex, but, as many other white men (and women), does not speak up on these injustices (unless it affects him personally). As a woman all these "women are people too" stories make me very angry but I can't begin to imagine being a person of color and seeing yourself through that mentality. All that said, a must see movie, great cast, great acting and a story of some amazing people that must be told.