I just got done watching the following short film #AmeriCAN, written and directed by Nate Parker (Non-Stop, Arbitrage), and it’s a powerful one. Presented as a public service announcement “in response to events that have divided the country over racial lines,” the description of the short continues with:
With the influx of violence against black males in America over the past few years, the piece strives to offer a unique perspective in examining the value of lives of the country’s citizens. The intention of the message, “all lives matter,” is to pull people together from both sides of the disparity and inspire the kind of empathy and mutual understanding necessary to promote meaningful discourse and domestic reconciliation. The goal is to bring all people together, without exception to race, religion, gender or age, and send the message that all blood flows red.
I’m not necessarily sure I would say it’s unique as A Time To Kill did something relatively similar, but perhaps that’s one of the reasons I find it so great as I thought that film was powerful in its overall message.
Give it a watch below…
