Using innovative animation and expert insights, this documentary based on Ibram X. Kendi's bestseller explores the history of racist ideas in America.
Direction
Roger Ross Williams makes animation feel dangerously alive.
Writing
Kendi's framework lands with devastating clarity.
Cinematography
Every frame could hang in a museum.
Director
Roger Ross Williams
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is the first documentary to win at Sundance with this heavy an animation component — Roger Ross Williams fought hard for the hybrid format.
Kendi's book this is based on became a flashpoint in the 'critical race theory' panic; the film's release timing made it accidentally topical in the worst way.
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