This is a new movie. Based on real events. Like many movies I have watched before, it is about racial discrimination in the United States.
The time is 1971. It describes the struggle between the black civil rights activist Ivot and the KKK president Ellis. Ivot is a single mother, and Ellis is a gas station owner. Their lives could have been safe and sound without disturbing each other. But because of the influence of the racist tradition in the American South at that time, seven years after the promulgation of the American Civil Rights Act, they still hated each other and continued various racial disputes. The film described a black school that was destroyed by fire. In order to allow black children to continue their studies, it is planned to assign them to other schools. This plan was opposed by the White people. So in order to resolve this disagreement, a two-week bilateral meeting was held. At this meeting, Ivort and Ellis were fighting, discussing, and communicating and understanding with each other for the benefit of their respective groups. The ultimate winner is human nature.
Racial discrimination is an old problem. However, it has appeared frequently on many occasions in recent years, and film companies have been enthusiastic about making many movies of this type. It is speculated that race issues are still very serious in the United States, and for many white Americans, this is always a difficult hurdle.
From the perspective of human instinct, there has always been a kind of natural anxiety and vigilance for races different from one's own. However, after all, human beings are rational creatures. After tens of thousands of years of evolution, modern humans should have abandoned those barbaric and primitive thinking. Modern society has also regulated people's behavior in terms of belief, morality, and law. What is strange is that under the influence of the French Enlightenment, the United States, which is known to be founded on freedom, equality, and democracy, still has so many people who despise people of color and are content with their fair skin. It is really puzzling.
In fact, seemingly "advanced" countries do not necessarily produce advanced ideas and actions. Blind and irrational anti-human fanaticism is explicitly or implicitly rooted in these "advanced" nations. The German nation that gave birth to Goethe and Marx killed millions of Jews in World War II, and the gentle and elegant Yamato nation, which claimed to be a country of ceremonies, also had the bloody Nanjing Massacre. The United States is not much better. The Indians, the earliest masters of the Americas, are now forced to struggle in "reservations" and let them fend for themselves. In the film, a white girl just fell in love with a black boy, and her house was shot by the KKK indiscriminately. Where is there a trace of civilized society? So, I really can't believe that politicians are talking nonsense, saying that human beings are equal, but in fact they are not our race. Let alone worship the superficially advanced and civilized American society. Fortunately, American society is diligent in thinking and introspection, although the process is a bit longer. Like many backward countries, the American public has a long way to go to realize the concept of modern civilization as a whole.
In the film, Ivort and Ellis had such a conversation.
Ivot took out the "Bible" and said to Ellis, "I use this to speak for me."
Ellis: "I also have the Bible."
Ivot: "Have you read it?"
Ellis: "Of course I have read it, and I go to church every week."
Ivot: "Then, you should know."
Ellis: "Know what?"
Ivot: "The same God created you and me."
That is nice! Not only from the beliefs, but also from the history of human development, the idea of racial discrimination was refuted sharply. No matter what color you are, no matter where you are born, no matter what you believe in, no matter your origin is noble or low, you are the same person as everyone else. All should respect each other and live in harmony.
There is another reason for the racial problem in the United States. Black groups generally have low levels of education, which has caused many problems, such as unruly, low quality, high crime rates, and so on. Many whites have such prejudice, believing that this is their innate quality. As a result, the skin color has become a sign of their inferiority. In fact, this is a social problem, and it should naturally be solved in a social way. Such as improving their living standards and access to education. Skin color doesn't mean much. Martin Luther King is black, Jesus is Jew, and there are demons like Hitler in the Aryan race. Among my favorite movie actors are excellent artists like Denzel Washington. Compared with racism, I prefer the concept of "a community with a shared future for mankind".
There are two details in the film. First, the host of the meeting asked Ivot and Ellis to have lunch together. After Ellis entered the dining room, in order to show his superiority, he deliberately did not go to see the two black men waiting for him at the table, and pretended to walk around the tables, and finally sat down at a table next to him, his eyes wandering. Looking away. This action just shows the hesitation and embarrassment in his heart.
The second is that after the white congressman learned that black people were employed in the hardware store opened by Zhuo Bolie, he instructed the police to close his store on the grounds of failing firefighting. In the past, I didn't know what a "non-tariff barrier" means. I only realized it when I saw it here. It just doesn't make sense to stumble. It seems that Americans are much more sophisticated in this set!
Ellis played by Sam Rockwell is very good, every behavior, even every look reflects his inner activities. give it a like!
My score: 7.0.
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