Review of American Violet (2008) by Pamela M — 31 Oct 2009

The struggles we have to go through just to be proven innocent! judged by the color of our skin!

This review of American Violet (2008) was written by Pamela M on 31 Oct 2009.

American Violet has generally received positive reviews.

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By James R (2,282) on 04 Mar 2011

Loved this movie...at first I was concerned about it, because I thought it might cause racial tension between white people and black people,…

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By Janet F (84) on 22 Feb 2010

Good movie you should see it to see one of the ways they hate on us for the color of our skin...silly people in the world…

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By Brenda R (91) on 12 Aug 2010

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This movie lacked substance!! The plot was over an hour before the movie was. I must say it started out strong and quickly fizzled…

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By Ashanti S (2) on 27 Aug 2010

This movie was based on a true story. It was pretty good. Nicole Beharie is a pretty good actress, and would like to see her in more movies…

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Well done docudrama that will cause you to ponder if we have really moved all that ahead in matters of race…

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