American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs
| Release Date: March 21, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 4 Critic Reviews
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Los Angeles TimesInkoo KangJun 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
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Village VoiceDaphne HowlandMar 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
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The New York TimesNicolas RapoldMar 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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VarietyJustin ChangMar 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
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