Movies – Racism – Sunday to Saturday

MOVIE: LA 92

April 9, 2021April 21, 2023 SundaytoSaturday.comLeave a comment

At first glance LA 92 is a history lesson about the Los Angeles violence in 1992 following the Rodney King verdict, but just below the surface is a warning and a call for Americans to wake up. For hundreds of years Black people and people of color have complained about police brutality and, unfortunately, most of the time white people have ignored or dismissed the calls for help or justice. This indifference and callousness combined with other issues such as high unemployment, underfunded schools, and aggressive policing tactics has led to frustration which manifests itself in violence.

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MOVIE: Accidental Courtesy

December 8, 2020August 21, 2021 SundaytoSaturday.comLeave a comment

Musician Daryl Davis has made it one of his life's missions to answer the question 'why do you hate me when you know nothing about me?' by sitting down and talking with white supremacists and members of the Klu Klux Klan. Over multiple decades Davis has befriended numerous members of the KKK by listening and forming a relationship with people that hate him because of the color of his skin.

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MOVIE: All In – The Fight for Democracy

October 26, 2020August 26, 2021 SundaytoSaturday.comLeave a comment

For many white Americans the right to vote is seemingly implicit, but the reality is that there has been, and continues to be, a focused effort to suppress voting - especially in communities of color. In fact, America was founded on voter suppression as only property owning white men could vote when the Constitution was penned.

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MOVIE: Just Mercy

September 14, 2020August 21, 2021 SundaytoSaturday.comLeave a comment

A movie based on the true story told in the book, "Just Mercy." It tells the story of lawyer Bryan Stevenson (played by Michael Jordan), who works to overturn the wrongful conviction of a Black American man named Walter McMillian (played by Jamie Foxx).

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MOVIE: I am Not Your Negro

June 25, 2020September 4, 2021 SundaytoSaturday.comLeave a comment

Actor Samuel L. Jackson reads from author James Baldwin's unfinished manuscript Remember This House over video clips and pictures from the sixties. Baldwin's criticism of white America hits right to the core - especially for the white church. Presented in the vein of a Ken Burns documentary. Though most of the footage is over 50 years old, it could have come out of today's headlines. If you are watching on Amazon Prime, pause the movie and use the x-ray feature to learn about the lesser known historical figures. Note that there are graphic images.

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MOVIE: 13th

June 22, 2020September 23, 2022 SundaytoSaturday.comLeave a comment

A visceral, sobering history of the systemic, calculated oppression of Black Americans in the United States. This should be required viewing in High School American History classes. Note that there are graphic images and language.

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