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Rating: - Inspiring and Dramatic
I really enjoyed "THE COLOR OF FRIENDSHIP". It's a Disney Channel Original Movie, What do you expect?Racism is an amazing part of our history, but it is somthing that we need to end. This movie deals with a white girl from South Africa, who is sent to the United States, Specifically Washington D.C., to live with a Congressmen and his family. The Duloom family took this girl in, despite her shock about them being black, and their shock about her being white. Together, though, they overcame many odds and problems. This is a very inspiring true story that will get you thinking about what it means to be a free person in a country such as the United States. It makes you think about what's beyond your country, and what they are forced to go through as well. I would highly reccomend this movie to families and children alike.
Rating: - Amazingly Spellbinding!
I am so amazed by this movie I can't begin to describe how much I enjoyed it. Racism is an amazing part of our history, but it is somthing that we need to end. This movie deals with a white girl from South Africa, who is sent to the United States, Specifically Washington D.C., to live with a Congressmen and his family. The Duloom family took this girl in, despite her shock about them being black, and their shock about her being white. Together, though, they overcame many odds and problems. This is an Inspiring True story that will get you thinking about what it means to be a free person in a country such as the United States. It makes you think about what's beyond your country, and what they are forced to go through as well. I would highly reccomend this movie, it is perfect for anyone needed anything, although it is geared at teens and young children.
Rating: - Truly a classic video for all ages
Due to an overpresence of saccharine to non-existent scripting and plots, I tend to shy away from Disney's live action offerings. Even though they supposedly market to all ages, I never saw anything memorable...until this release. Familiarity with former Representative Ronald V. Dellums (D CA)'s politics convinced me to give this dramatization a chance. Even if it employed some of the traditional scripting elements, I would also be able to see anti-apartheid work of some kind. The story centers around the learning experience his daughter Piper and a white South African exchange student named Mahree have when they (especially the lattter, who has to learn blacks are not placed on the earth to serve her) meet and learn each other are more alike and dissimillar. Also inspiring is Mahree's implicit promise to take up anti-apartheid work upon returning to South Africa, given the likely loss of her own privlleged position this would entail. As an anti-racist white, I did not intially like the self-centered behavior exhibited by the earlier Mahree and found her change of conciousness much more enjoyable. While this film (like many of Disney's offerings) is geared towards youth, I have personally watched this film several times and can readily attest anybody regardless of age wiull enjoy this video.
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