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Stamped from the Beginning
Directed by
Roger Ross Williams
R
2023
1h 32m
Documentary
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Animation
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6.7
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A hybrid documentary/scripted feature based on Dr. Kendi's National Book Award-winning "Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas".
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Cast of Stamped from the Beginning
Angela Davis
Self
Alexa Rachelle Jennings
Harriet Jacobs
Rafa Marinho
Gomes de Zurara
Ibram X. Kendi
Self
Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
Self
Brittany Packnett
Self
Jennifer L. Morgan
Self
Paisley Rose Carswell
Ida B. Wells
Julian Joseph
Thomas Moss
John Gazzale
James Norcom
Roger Ross Williams
Director / Producer
David Teague
Writer
David Teague
Producer
Alisa Payne
Producer
Stamped from the Beginning Ratings & Reviews
Battleship Pretension
David Bax
Stamped from the Beginning may be chock full of examples and evidence of racism and stereotypes from history but this is not a film about the past.
The Film Stage
Edward Frumkin
Unlike most racism-occupied documentaries that often conclude on a dark note, Williams uplifts his end with an honest, enlightened meaning of unity and an anti-racist society. There's so much improvement and hope for a better nation.
Laramie Movie Scope
Robert Roten
'Black people know what they want. They know what freedom and liberation will look like. And it doesn't look like this radical utopia. It looks a lot like the world that white people live in. The world that white people living in never question.'
Variety
Murtada Elfadl
The film does not pretend to be presenting radical or new beliefs. Yet by the end, it reveals the myths, the distortions and the made-up fallacies that have been presented as truth for centuries. And that is the most radical thing it could have done.
Film-Forward.com
Kent Turner
If Ibram X. Kendi's 2016 bestseller <em>Stamped from the Beginning</em> has been banned from your local library, Netflix has come to the rescue.
New York Times
Lisa Kennedy
In addition to interviews and archival images, film clips and news footage, Williams ("Cassandro" "Life, Animated") leans into animation.
Paste Magazine
B.L. Panther
Stamped from the Beginning is a bold attempt to animate the racist images that plague the American imagination.
NPR
Eric Deggans
Won't necessarily surprise those who already know this history, but may still be tough to watch for those sensitive to stories about the exploitation of marginalized people.
IndieWire
Christian Zilko
Even if Stamped from the Beginning frequently weakens its more nuanced scholarship by drifting into Kendi's trademark good vs. evil narratives, it's undeniably a well-intentioned film that gets many things right.
Common Sense Media
Sabrina McFarland
Filmmaker Roger Ross Williams (Life, Animated) presents a prolific and thought-provoking documentary about race in the United States.
RogerEbert.com
Brian Tallerico
"Stamped from the Beginning" drives home Williams' point that racism is deeply embedded in our culture and society and that it takes this kind of fury to talk about it adequately.
Mark Reviews Movies
Mark Dujsik
In its own and detailed way, Stamped from the Beginning seeks and tells many truths...
NYC Movie Guru
Avi Offer
Provocative, well-edited and captivating.
Next Best Picture
Josh Parham
What is shown is an absorbing piece that inspects the harsh reality of American history. The efforts could have been more stimulating, but the investigation is valuable all the same.
Black Girl Nerds
Stacey Yvonne
'Stamped From the Beginning' explores not only the racist tropes that brainwashed America for centuries, but also the origins that are rooted in sustaining and keeping ownership of power.
The Curvy Film Critic
Carla Renata
Myths and Stereotypical ideology is shattered by Roger Ross Williams while educating the masses that what's wrong with Black people is absolutely nothing. It's powerful from a truth sayer director who never holds back on the truth regardless what form.
The Grio
Brooke Obie
While the stories and histories of Black people in America might not be new information, its presentation in "Stamped" is absolutely new, commendable and should be required viewing.
The Hollywood Reporter
Lovia Gyarkye
Stamped From the Beginning is an invitation. The history is harsh but Williams foregrounds a structure that doesn't alienate.
RogerEbert.com
Robert Daniels
A visually and sonically swirling text.
POV Magazine
Pat Mullen
While the film takes a relatively conventional approach to the subject-talking heads, title cards, vérité, and awkward graphics-it synthesizes the creation and perpetuation of anti-Black racism and white supremacy.
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