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The Power of One (1992)
somewhat true
this movie was fairly good, i watched it in my Africa through film class and it didn't completely suck but it was very over dramatic. It has way to many Disney characteristics to be a very good movie. Unlike the guys comment above this, if you put more famous actors in it, no matter how many it still wouldn't win an Oscar, but it was fairly descent showing the ugly side of humanity, but they still portrayed the Africans as being somewhat helpless. Although they wanted to help themselves and they wanted to learn to read and write English, it still portrayed them as being to weak to do it alone so they need the whites to do it not many movies about Africa portray they whites as weak but they all seem to show the blacks as somewhat inferior. I really think they need to work on fixing that. However if you are looking for a good film about based in Africa get the movie Somewhere In Africa. Its a foreign film with subtitles. Its a true story about a Jewish family who leaves Germany in about 1937 because they feel something bad is going to happen soon. It is based around the daughter and how she adapts to Africa and how here parents begin to separate emotionally (and physically) its a very good movie i recommend that any day above the power of one, but if you really wanna see The Power Of One, its not worth not seeing.
American History X (1998)
Good movie wish they added some things only shows one side of skins
This was a great movie that shows how people change how once you open your mind to feelings and listen to other people you realize that your not always right. the only problem that i had with the film is that they only show the Nazi skins which for people who don't have a clue about skinheads and believe that there are only racist skins is very bad because there are 3 types the racist are called boneheads the anti racist skins are called SHARPS and the third are called trad skins or traditional skins which is about helping the working class who ever they are. movies like this are great but because they are so great they have very persuasive powers and when there's only one side of certain things shown it can affects people greatly. I'm a trad skin and because of American history x several people have wanted to beat me up just because they don't know the whole truth. this is a good movie but doesn't show everything plus the fat Nazi in the movie has an ANTIHERO tattoo and antihero is an awesome band and the movie used there tattoo without permission which affects them cause there not racist.