American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs
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| Directed by | Grace Lee |
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| Written by | Grace Lee |
| Starring | Grace Lee Boggs |
| Music by | Vivek Maddala |
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| Edited by | Kim Roberts |
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Running time | 82 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs is a 2013 American biographical documentary film directed by Grace Lee.
Synopsis
Filmmaker Grace Lee tracks the evolving beliefs and activism of philosopher Grace Lee Boggs.
Cast
- Grace Lee Boggs
- Grace Lee
- Bill Ayers
- Angela Davis
- Rich Feldman
- Danny Glover
- Shea Howell
- Invincible
- Scott Kurashige
- Julia Putnam
- Ron Scott
- Stephen Ward
Release
American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs premiered at the 2013 Los Angeles Film Festival.[1] It received a limited theatrical release in Los Angeles on June 20, 2014, and aired on the PBS series POV on June 30, 2014.[2]
Reception
Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, reports that 83% of six reviewers gave the film a positive review; the average rating was 7/10.[3] Metacritic rated it 78/100 based on four reviews.[4] Justin Chang of Variety called it a "lively and intelligent documentary" that is "spryly paced and deftly assembled".[5] Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter wrote, "In an era in which social activism is far too often derided, American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs represents a deeply moving examination of the power of a single individual to affect change."[6] Inkoo Kang of the Los Angeles Times described it as a "superb documentary" that is "admirably frank about the difficulties of insightfully portraying such a widely lauded — and subtly cagey and habitually self-effacing — figure."[7] Nicolas Rapold of The New York Times writes, "Ms. Lee could have delved more deeply into Ms. Boggs's thoughts, and slips into glib autopilot by using archival footage with sound effects or repeating ideas of personal transformation. But in sharing her subject's life achievements, she raises meaningful questions and keeps them profitably open."[8]
It won the Audience Award at Los Angeles Film Festival[5] and Best Documentary at the Woodstock Film Festival.[9]
See also
References
- 1 2 "American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs". Los Angeles Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2013-07-17. Retrieved 2014-10-05.
- ↑ Gupta, Shipra (2014-06-18). "Watch: Activist Grace Lee Boggs Contemplates the Meaning of Revolution in Exclusive Clip from 'American Revolutionary'". Indiewire. Retrieved 2014-10-05.
- ↑ "American Revolutionary: The Evolution Of Grace Lee Boggs (2014)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2014-10-05.
- ↑ "American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs". Metacritic. Retrieved 2014-10-05.
- 1 2 Chang, Justin (2013-06-24). "Film Review: 'American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs'". Variety. Retrieved 2014-10-05.
- ↑ "American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. 2014-03-20. Retrieved 2014-10-05.
- ↑ Kang, Inkoo (2014-06-19). "Review 'The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs' is superb look at activist". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2014-10-05.
- ↑ Rapold, Nicolas (2014-03-20). "Tracing an Activist Through Decades". The New York Times. Retrieved 2014-10-05.
- ↑ "Woodstock Film Festival 2013: 'The Forgotten Kingdom' the audience favorite". Daily Freeman. 2013-10-07. Retrieved 2014-10-05.