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Critic Reviews
Jan 6, 2022
Season 1 Review:
What generally saves “Women of the Movement” from becoming a rote piece of didactic storytelling is both the empathy of the direction and vulnerability of its main actors. ... Warren and “Women of the Movement” alike are clear-eyed in their portrayals of how a past atrocity unfolded on the most personal levels, and how it continues to echo today.
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Jan 5, 2022
Season 1 Review:
The six-episode series, whose executive producers include Jay-Z and Will Smith, showcases some of the better qualities of network TV — wide visibility, a prestigious tone — with a dramatic and visual stiffness that might make you wish for a premium cable treatment. Even then, you’ll be better off for having watched it.
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Jan 7, 2022
Season 1 Review:
Framed as a profile of Mamie. That it isn’t, really, turns out to be both its biggest flaw and its saving grace. While the show—a rare serious, vividly realized period drama amid broadcast TV’s glut of procedurals—falls short of greatness, its existence as a counter-narrative to whitewashed histories feels crucial at a time when Americans are so fiercely divided over the very basics of how we teach and learn about race in our country.
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Jan 6, 2022
Season 1 Review:
“Women of the Movement” doesn’t succeed in shedding new light on the story, though it is thoughtfully made and devastating, enraging and necessarily difficult viewing. It also has an unmistakable Hollywood smoothness to it that sometimes feels at odds with the tenor of the story itself.
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