The read
Critics rate it 21 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 16m.
Synopsis
Composed of intimate and unencumbered moments of people in a community, this film is constructed in a form that allows the viewer an emotive impression of the Historic South - trumpeting the beauty of life and consequences of the social construction of race, while simultaneously a testament to dreaming.
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes97%
Metacritic85/100
Critics rate it 21 points higher than audiences do.
62 audience votes
Key crew
- RaMell RossDirector
- RaMell RossWriter
- Alex SomersOriginal Music Composer
- Scott AlarioOriginal Music Composer
- Forest KelleyOriginal Music Composer
Stills
Themes
alabamafamily's daily lifeslice of lifeamerican southwestafrican americandaily lifeafrican american community