Harriet

At some level, probably very minor, there seems to be a fragmenting going on inside the American Black community. A Nigerian-made film with excellent reviews has been blocked from a foreign Academy Award nomination because it is in English (apparently a common language in Nigeria). A group has formed for people of color whose ancestors were enslaved--the group excludes people of color without an enslaved background. There have been complaints that Harriet Tubman (in the current movie HARRIET) was played by a British subject. My guess is that unity is what matters and will mostly prevail.

My wife and I saw HARRIET last night. I suppose it is a standard Hollywood biopic about an astounding life. The critics gave it a 72%. The audiences gave it a 97%.

We found the film moving, suspenseful and informative. It conveys the horror that was slavery and the spirit that fought it.  I understand better why Tubman should be on our currency--she set an impossibly high standard--and why Andrew Jackson should not.