Stamped from the Beginning

Name: Stamped from the Beginning
Genre: Documentary
Released: November 15, 2023
Duration: 91 min
Rating: 75
Cast: Alexa Rachelle Jennings, Angela Davis, Autumn Womack, Brittany Packnett Cunningham, Brittney Cooper

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Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): November 15, 2023 | Not Rated

Starring: Alexa Rachelle Jennings, Angela Davis, Autumn Womack, Brittany Packnett Cunningham, Brittney Cooper, Carol Anderson, Elizabeth Hinton, Ibram X. Kendi, Jennifer Morgan, John Gazzale, Julian Joseph, Kellie Carter Jackson, Lynae Vanee, Paisley Rose Carswell, Rafa Marinho

Summary: Oscar-winning director Roger Ross Williams brings Dr. Ibram X. Kendi’s best-selling book Stamped From the Beginning to life, using vivid animations and leading female scholars to explore the history of anti-Black racist ideas. [Netflix]

Director: Roger Ross Williams

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 91 min

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Murtada Elfadl

Nov 13, 2023

It lulls the audience into thinking it’s only providing historical context. Yet by the end, it reveals the myths, the distortions and the made-up fallacies that have been presented as truth for centuries. And that is the most radical thing it could have done. Read full review

The Guardian Ellen E Jones

Nov 14, 2023

The film’s particular innovation is to privilege Black women’s perspectives on the history of American racism, and with the exception of Kendi himself, every expert commentator here is a Black woman. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Brian Tallerico

Nov 10, 2023

Stamped from the Beginning drives home Williams’ point that racism is so deeply embedded in our culture and society and that it takes this kind of fury to talk about it adequately. Read full review

The Film Stage Edward Frumkin

Nov 3, 2023

Stamped is an inspection of America’s social hierarchies and its ongoing divisions. Read full review

IndieWire Christian Zilko

Nov 17, 2023

Even if Stamped from the Beginning frequently weakens its more nuanced scholarship by drifting into Kendi’s trademark good vs. evil narratives, it’s undeniably a well-intentioned film that gets many things right. Read full review

B. Panther

Nov 20, 2023

Though it opens with a strong and colorful idea, by trying to touch on too many complex ideas at once, the final impression left by Stamped from the Beginning remains smudged and unclear. Read full review

Lisa Kennedy

Nov 20, 2023

In a film brimming with visual gestures, these mini portraits of anti-racists are among its most memorable. Read full review

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