American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs

Name: American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs
Genre: Biography, Documentary
Released: March 21, 2014
Duration: 82 min
Rating: 78

2014

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| Release Date: March 21, 2014 | Not Rated

Summary: Grace Lee Boggs is a 98-year-old Chinese American woman in Detroit whose vision of revolution will surprise you. A writer, activist, and philosopher rooted for more than 70 years in the African American movement, she has devoted her life to an evolving revolution that encompasses the contradictions of America’s past and its potentiallyGrace Lee Boggs is a 98-year-old Chinese American woman in Detroit whose vision of revolution will surprise you. A writer, activist, and philosopher rooted for more than 70 years in the African American movement, she has devoted her life to an evolving revolution that encompasses the contradictions of America’s past and its potentially radical future.… Expand

Director: Grace Lee

Genre(s): Biography, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 82 min

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Inkoo Kang

Jun 19, 2014

A documentary that's admirably frank about the difficulties of insightfully portraying such a widely lauded — and subtly cagey and habitually self-effacing — figure. Read full review

Daphne Howland

Mar 18, 2014

This film is one of our best documents of the civil rights era, but it is also a portrait of someone with a singular perspective, a big mind, and a joyous aptitude for conversation. Read full review

Justin Chang

Mar 18, 2014

97-year-old Detroit fixture Grace Lee Boggs doesn’t just explode the docile-Asian-female stereotypes Lee set out to question with her earlier pic; she makes an inspiring case for self-determination and intellectual fortitude regardless of background. Read full review

Nicolas Rapold

Mar 20, 2014

Ms. Lee could have delved more deeply into Ms. Boggs’s thoughts, and slips into glib autopilot by using archival footage with sound effects or repeating ideas of personal transformation. But in sharing her subject’s life achievements, she raises meaningful questions and keeps them profitably open. Read full review

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Beecee

Apr 17, 2014

I saw this film at the Asian Film Festival last fall and was bowled over by the spirit and energy of 98-year old Mrs. Boggs. There seems to be the right combination of film clips, interviews with Mrs. Boggs and others, and shots of her bedraggled adopted city, Detroit. Her hope andI saw this film at the Asian Film Festival last fall and was bowled over by the spirit and energy of 98-year old Mrs. Boggs. There seems to be the right combination of film clips, interviews with Mrs. Boggs and others, and shots of her bedraggled adopted city, Detroit. Her hope and determination is truly inspirational.… Expand

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