The documentary, ‘Say it Plain’ is a vocal collection of speeches that have transpired in a century of a fight that the African American have had to put up in their own country. The speech is nabbed from various activism functions and out rightly airs the concerns of the African American (Boyd, 2010). The essence of the documentary in the history of America is that it serves as documented evidence of the black people’s fight for their right and the elimination of racial injustice in the United States. Through the documentary, it is evident that the African American are still fighting for their ownindependence despite the country being granted independence long time ago. The analysis of the documentary will provide a detailed insight of how the lack of people movement has gone down in the United States
Review of “Say It Plain” Documentary
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The statements illustrate the pain of the African American and state the kind of justice that they go through in the country. The opening of the documentary is significant in setting the tone for the storyline which lies on the revolutionary moves and activism of the black people seeking recognition as equal of the white people (Ellis and Stephen, 2010). Moreover, the racial injustice has been going on for decades while activist has had numerous attempts to lobby for the African American citizens. The opening speech of the documentary is significant in dictating the storyline, which revolves around the famous and most influential speech in the lead for African American activism. The opening speech is a good representation and guidance through the tangle that has gone on for many years in the American history. The opening invokes the thought of the variousactivistmovements that has been paraded as recorded in the American history (Gruesser,