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Divisible (2024)
Educational and inspirational
This film taught me so much beyond my prior, superficial knowledge of the basic history and consequences of racial redlining in the US. It's a visually stunning film that skillfully weaves together the complex threads that tie many of today's challenges faced by BIPOC communities to government policies decades ago. The film gives voice to people who speak clearly, often passionately, from their academic, experiential and professional expertise. I got choked up at multiple points listening to their stories and heartbreak. Yet the film isn't despairing. It backs up those stories with hard numbers that illustrate the issues vividly. Indeed the film ends on a hopeful, empowering note. It's a clarion call to act that engages the viewer's heart and mind fully. This should be part of every high school social studies curriculum, of every college modern American history or public policy course, of every corporate or public agency DEI program. Truly a masterpiece!!!