The unspoken system that has shaped America and chronicles how lives today are defined by a hierarchy of human divisions.The unspoken system that has shaped America and chronicles how lives today are defined by a hierarchy of human divisions.The unspoken system that has shaped America and chronicles how lives today are defined by a hierarchy of human divisions.
- Awards
- 6 wins & 30 nominations
Niecy Nash
- Marion Wilkerson
- (as Niecy Nash-Betts)
Isha Blaaker
- Allison Davis
- (as Isha Carlos Blaaker)
Suraj Yengde
- Suraj Yengde, Ph.D.
- (as Suraj Yengde PhD)
Mike Topoozian
- Sales Executive
- (as Mike 'Spike' Topoozian)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaA Washington Post article titled "Budgets for 'prestige' films dried up. So Ava DuVernay found a new way." was released on 12/4/23; it details how DuVernay financed the film partly through grants, including from the Ford Foundation, which enabled her to make a bigger film.
- GoofsThe previous entry stated there was an anachronism with the plumber wearing a red MAGA hat at least 3 years before the first hat was ever made. This is incorrect, because the scene takes place after Isabel's mother had passed away, which was in December 2016. The red MAGA hat was a popular merchandise item during Donald Trump's campaign for U.S. president in which the election took place in November 2016.
- Quotes
Isabel Wilkerson: When you live in an old house, you may not want to go into the basement after a storm to see what the rains have brought. But choose not to look at your own peril.
Isabel Wilkerson: We're all like homeowners who've inherited a house on a piece of land that's beautiful on the outside. But the soil is unstable.
- SoundtracksI Am
Written by Stan Walker, Michael Fatkin, Vince Harder, Te Kanapu Anasta
Performed by Stan Walker
Produced by Michael Fatkin
Courtesy of Aki Aki, Sony Music Group, Universal Publishing Group, Harder Music Group
Featured review
What about native Americans
Great movie but the author and/or director completely forgot or ignored the plight and treatment native Americans from them caste hypothesis/equation, Seriously!? Why?
I would think Native Americans should have given some sort acknowledgment from origin standpoint as they were first to be "casted" prior to African Americans.
I haven't read the book, but the movie does feel like abrupt in trying to connect and transition amongst different story lines or historical situations.
Then summarization in the end is just beautifully done. But movies felt too dense and compact in terms of content as the authors personal life events and challenges were being tried to intertwined hit socially and racial complexities.
I would think Native Americans should have given some sort acknowledgment from origin standpoint as they were first to be "casted" prior to African Americans.
I haven't read the book, but the movie does feel like abrupt in trying to connect and transition amongst different story lines or historical situations.
Then summarization in the end is just beautifully done. But movies felt too dense and compact in terms of content as the authors personal life events and challenges were being tried to intertwined hit socially and racial complexities.
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Box office
- Budget
- $38,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $4,689,830
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $117,063
- Dec 10, 2023
- Gross worldwide
- $4,837,596
- Runtime2 hours 21 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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