re: #287 GeneJockey

Sometimes, the whitewashing of history bothers me. I agree with Ebert that you have to see the thing, and understand it in its context. That’s real. It helps understand the America we used to be, and why the America we’re in is in many ways SO much better.

TCM shows it every so often and does take extra time to explain the issues and context of the film. It is a masterpiece of early cinema, but unfortunately on a very unpalatable subject.