The read
Critics rate it 13 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
A rural Iowa schoolteacher becomes a national voice against racism after leading a controversial 1968 lesson in discrimination with her all-white third-grade class. Now nearly 90, she refuses to hold back amid today’s fights about race, history, and power after a lifetime of speaking out.
Ratings
IMDb8.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 13 points higher than audiences do.
2 audience votes
Key crew
- Judd EhrlichDirector
Cast
- Jane ElliottSelf
- Oprah WinfreySelf (Archive Footage)
- Peter JenningsSelf (Archive Footage)
- Ted KoppelSelf (Archive Footage)
- Killer MikeSelf
- Yohuru WilliamsSelf
- Ibram X. KendiSelf
Themes
civil rightsracismdocumentary