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With All Deliberate Speed (2004)

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Reviews Counted:18

Fresh:14

Rotten:4

Average Rating:6.2/10

Runtime: 1 hr 51 mins

Genre: Education/General Interest

Synopsis: Coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court public school desegregation case Brown v. Board of Education, WITH ALL DELIBERATE SPEED chronicles the experiences of two towns... Coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court public school desegregation case Brown v. Board of Education, WITH ALL DELIBERATE SPEED chronicles the experiences of two towns involved in the lawsuit (which represented six separate cases), and provides insight into the legacy of the decision. The push to integrate public schools began with the activism of ordinary people and lead to a major civil rights battle. For example, the Reverend Joe Delaine of Clarendon County, South Carolina began his campaign with the simple request for a school bus for the county's African American students. And Barbara Johns of Farmville, Virgina, at the young age of 16, orchestrated a formidable campaign to improve school conditions. The film also features contemporary students who suffer from a very real--though not legally enforced--segregation, including students from a Washington, DC high school who endure leaky roofs and outdated textbooks. Contrasting archival footage and photographs with contemporary interviews of key movement leaders and surviving members of their families, the film features moving interviews with teenagers about the famous case and the people who made it happen. Another particularly effective technique is the reading of archival speeches and letters by African American celebrities, including singer Alicia Keys and actor Mekhi Phifer. While films such as EYES ON THE PRIZE have explored the issue more broadly, the educational and compelling WITH ALL DELIBERATE SPEED provides a detailed look at a specific and important chapter in the Civil Rights movement. [More]

Starring: Joe Morton, Larenz Tate, Alicia Keys, Mekhi Phifer

Starring: Joe Morton, Larenz Tate, Alicia Keys, Mekhi Phifer, Terry Kinney

Director: Peter Gilbert

Director: Peter Gilbert
Screenwriter: Nathan Antila
Producer: Adam D. Singer, Nancy Lebrun, Peter Gilbert, Joe Quinlan, Tommy Walker
Composer: Ben Sidran, Leo Sidran
Studio: Camera Planet / Discovery Docs

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All too ironically titled as it details in lethargic and sometimes convoluted fashion the stories of the many heroic and often unsung figures involved.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter | comment Comment
07/06/04
Frank Scheck
Frank Scheck
Hollywood Reporter
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Sober and honorable, yet it's far from searching.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | comment Comment
05/19/04
Owen Gleiberman
Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly

The struggle it illuminates may continue today, and for a while to come. The battle continues. But its first veterans command our immediate respect.

Full Review Source: Newark Star-Ledger | comment Comment
05/19/04
Stephen Whitty
Stephen Whitty
Newark Star-Ledger
N/R

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05/15/04
Boston Phoenix

Gets most of its juice from listening to groups of people who were students and activists in segregated Clarendon County, S.C., and Prince Edward County, Va., during the years leading up to the case.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
05/14/04
Michael O'Sullivan
Michael O'Sullivan
Washington Post

Few viewers are likely to learn much from the film about what the momentous court decision half a century ago was really all about, or how to meaningfully address the inequities that still plague our public schools.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
05/14/04
Ken Ringle
Ken Ringle
Washington Post

The film's saddest contention is that five decades later American public schools remain economically segregated by economics, which too often produces classrooms whose complexions have changed little since the pre-Brown era.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
05/14/04
Maitland McDonagh
Maitland McDonagh
TV Guide's Movie Guide

It's a great concept -- but it's done in by an unfocused and uninspired presentation.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
05/14/04
V.A. Musetto
V.A. Musetto
New York Post

Speed doesn't boast much in the way of innovative storytelling. What it does offer is a story that still badly needs to be told.

Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
05/14/04
Elizabeth Weitzman
Elizabeth Weitzman
New York Daily News

The film is at its most quietly powerful ... when telling the story of a group of African-American high school kids who took their discontent to the highest court in the land.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
05/14/04
Ty Burr
Ty Burr
Boston Globe

It deserves a place alongside such other essential civil rights documentaries as Eyes on the Prize and Freedom on My Mind.

Full Review Source: Boston Herald | comment Comment
05/14/04
Paul Sherman
Paul Sherman
Boston Herald

America moves imperfectly toward the goal of equality, but because of Brown vs. Board of Education, it moves.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
05/14/04
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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Rather than merely chronicling the events leading up to the May 17, 1954, Supreme Court decision ... the film explores both its effect and ways in which it has fallen short in creating true equality.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
05/13/04
Kevin Crust
Kevin Crust
Los Angeles Times
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Peter Gilbert's documentary tells the story leading up to the Supreme Court's historical 1954 decision in the Brown v. Board of Education case.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
05/13/04
Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
New York Times
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Straightforward and informative, but overlong and repetitious.

Full Review Source: Christian Science Monitor | comment Comment
05/13/04
David Sterritt
David Sterritt
Christian Science Monitor

As a document of his history, it's breathtaking, inspiring stuff. As an overlong documentary, it still manages to be inspiring, but also an uphill viewing experience.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
05/13/04
Robert K. Elder
Robert K. Elder
Chicago Tribune
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05/13/04
AV Club

Gilbert's great achievement lies in his integration of disparate historical threads and voices into one steadily paced, riveting tale.

Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
05/12/04
Hazel-Dawn Dumpert
Hazel-Dawn Dumpert
L.A. Weekly

The events themselves, captured in vital newsreel footage of the period, speak volumes, as perhaps does their unfinished legacy.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
05/12/04
Ronnie Scheib
Ronnie Scheib
Variety
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While the filmmaker avoids a conventional episodic format driven by central characters in conflict, he hasn't created one that could keep a complex story clear.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
05/11/04
Thulani Davis
Thulani Davis
Village Voice
 
 
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