The main group of people who are depicted in this film are African-American people who were involved and lived through the civil rights movement. Some people who are included are an aid to Martin Luther King Jr. , a civil rights movement organizer and leaders. Some images that are shown are racial violence and peaceful protests.

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The music sounds very soulful. Every word is so filled with emotion. Whether that be joy, sorrow, pain, the emotion is shown for all to hear. Some of the songs are there to pass the time during a protest, and some are hymns to sing in church. There was one person who said that the music was a way to express themselves as a people.

These songs are all used in various locations. As far as geographical location, this mostly focused on Alabama. As mentioned previously, some songs are used in church, some in protests, and some just in the street as the times called for a song. Toward the ends, at the death of Martin Luther King Jr., the people that walked with his body, followed the train. They sang all the songs they knew that he had taught them for protests.

The culture has changed drastically since the civil rights movement. However, somethings remain the same. Music is still used to express oneself , it is still used in a religious context as well. Socially, we have grown as a society and as a world. We are far from perfect, but my hope is that we will continue to better ourselves.

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One bit that stood out to be was when they were talking about Martin Luther King Jr.’s murder. A phone could not be used without going through to the operator. This was an issue because the operator heard the gunshot, went out and looked up on the balcony where he lay, and she had a heart attack on the spot. It makes you wonder if she didn’t go out to look, would he have received the help he needed in order to live?

That’s it for this post! I hope you enjoyed my movie review. Until next time!