Scanialara You won't be disappointed!

AniInterview Sorry, this movie sucks

Actuakers One of my all time favorites.

Claysaba Excellent, Without a doubt!!

kosmasp How to engage a deeply racist person? Or does it even make sense to talk to someone who says demeaning things about you and other people? This is an in-depth look into the mindset of one individual who takes on the Ku Klux Klan and other like minded individuals, but not literally. He goes on and talks to them.As he says, how can they hate him, when they don't even know him? Of course there is also resistance from people to what he's doing. So while, he does reach people with this method, there are others who will not be convinced no matter what. Not to mention other people of color who label him a traitor to their kind and cause. The documentary does not shy away from moments like that either. So while you may think it's just uplifting, we also do get the darker side ... and moments that feel awkward. All in all a really good documentary, showing us many angles to a person ... and his "fight"

Bread-n-Circuses There really is a war which has gone on and is going on between truth, peace and love vs. lies, war and hate. The struggle is between the light of truth and the darkness, occluding that truth, not relating to skin color in this context. Daryl articulately asks a simple self evident and self answering question something we learned the answer to in grade school. Listen for it. Another reviewer calling Daryl's approach to curing anger between blacks and whites 'simple' as a term of denigration, implying Daryl might be 'simple' and not worth listening to. A good question to ask ourselves might be - Who of all the complexity purveyors in this film are outright making money or at least on another level stoking their ego from their public political position, as a professional advocate of a cause they espouse? Follow the money to find the jive talkers. Buy this film and support a great cause.Daryl is a decent musician, who has played with some true hero's of American music - even showing us some stride piano playing at one point in the film which is very technical. Daryl is not failed at life, like his detractors and frankly like some of the world's most evil demagogues were and are before they rose into whom they became infamous. Daryl is hip, educated, and worth listening to! Is he making money himself from this film? I hope he is. I don't feel shaken down for buying it.

Causekix Picks Flicks A black musician named Daryl Davis has made it his life mission to dissolve racism. Particularly, he dialogues with White Supremacists, often befriending them and eroding their ideologies through his enduring, authentic relationship. He (and the film makers) also educate through usually unbiased sharing of history. The film also chronicles some of Daryl's story. He's lived a very extraordinary life, having shared the stage with many famous musicians, visiting over 50 nations, and has authored & acted. For most of his life, Daryl has pondered "Why do you hate me when you know nothing about me?" This burning question is his basis. He gives those who hate the color of his skin an opportunity to experience the quality human being that lives and loves from within that skin. He also returns the favor, and respectfully empathizes with his opposition - giving them time and space to express and wrestle with their convictions.

iieeef Daryl Davis is a serious man with a unique approach to a complicated issue. An accomplished piano player, Davis spends his free time collecting Ku Klux Klan memorabilia in the hopes of one day creating a Ku Klux Klan Museum. Odd enough already for a black man, but his collection is a bit more specific than that. Everything in his collection has been gifted to him by former Klan members who left the Klan after starting a friendship with Davis. So essentially, Davis befriends Klan members in the hopes of humanizing the black experience and collecting their robes, though he would insist there is no agenda and that they are truly his friends. He calls them his friends, he laughs with them. At one point the camera actually catches Davis adjusting the hood of a Klan member as he suits up. While this is perplexing to some people, it is absolutely infuriating to others.Just because the film is examining Davis closely though, do not assume the Director is attempting to sanctify him. Matthew Ornstein does a fantastic job of presenting both sides of a polarizing issue without ever landing the film squarely in either camp. In fact, the most engaging sequence in the film is a heated debate towards the end which reveals the many cracks in Davis's armor, a risky move with a title character so close to the end of the film. But Ornstein seems to know there is standing room on both sides of the issue and he, like the audience, seems to be treading a path back and forth between the two sides. This film may leave you with more questions than it answers, but it is certainly a conversation worth having.