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South to Black Power (2023)
Ignore the review bombers- this is a must watch
This documentary is a stirring and persuasive film encouraging Black Americans to move to southern states where they can accrue political power. It offers grounded rebuttals to the central thesis (i.e. A Black woman activist staying in Chicago and rebuilding her community there) without discounting their opposing viewpoints and still asserting the need to migrate for power at the state level. (Note that I'm white so this movement doesn't relate to me, but the film presents a wide variety of viewpoints from Black people on both sides of the argument). My favorite part was when Charles Blow shared his decision to attend his HBCU as being based on an admissions officer telling him that the school needs him there. It was so emotional to hear him use this example to draw the broader point about how sometimes making life choices are about ideals bigger than yourself. Migration is hard, as he mentions, but these are central questions about anybody's life: safety, dignity, and prosperity. It's beautiful to see proponents of this movement championing a new kind of self-determination.