African American Leaders: Past & Present

AFRICAN AMERICAN LEADERS PAST & PRESENT:
over the course of 200 years there have been 5 African-American men that have not only made a impact on the way the world thinks but they changed the course of history for a better and brighter future. Frederick Douglass, Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Thurgood Marshall, and Barack Obama are these 5 men who made it their life to make sure that the world does not treat anyone in an unfair and unjust manner. One fought for the right to be a free man during a time of slavery, one fought to show the world that no matter your race you are still equal, one would not stand for the treatment that was being given, one held a seat of justice to make sure that justice was served, and one became the first African-American President, and these are just a few of the many deeds these men accomplished.

5 FILMS/DOCUMENTARIES:
Alright, this collection contains 5 films or documentaries on 5 African-American men who became leaders for not only the African-American community but for the world as a whole. If you are someone that wants to learn a little more about these men then this is just the DVD for you to watch. While watching this I learned a whole lot that I had not known before about all of these men, especially when it came to Frederick Douglass. This is a history lesson while also being a mini biography, well actually the one on President Obama is a biography rather than a documentary, but they are all good, they are all very interesting, and they all contain a lot of information.

The only one of these 5 films that goes with a different course of story telling is the one on Martin Luther King, Jr. With his film it's a documentary that is set up to tell about the conspiracy of his murder with all sorts of different facets and thoughts on who done it, what was really going on when it happened, and was someone in a position of power the cause of it? I don't know if any of the theories that where said are true, that's part of the idea of a conspiracy theory is that it could be but it could also be just a theory. Don't take what I'm saying as to mean this was not a interesting or fun one to watch, it's actually one of the more enjoyable ones to watch on this collection. I think, at least for me, it was the most interesting one because of how it does delve into how the murder/assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., could have been set up by someone that worked for the police or even a higher job with more power or it could have been a lone gunman. What also makes this good is that it does not trivialize Martin Luther King, Jr.'s death but instead tries to shed more light on what might have or could have been the reason or plot behind his killing.

All 5 of these films where interesting because of the content but also because it's just interesting to learn more about history. Though don't look for HD quality video on these films because some of them where filmed long before there was even the idea of HD video. Not to say that the picture quality is bad, it's not great at times, but it does have the aged look to it. It works really well when showing the actual footage and photos from the 1800's for Frederick Dogulass and recorded footage for Martin Luther King, Jr. This old footage makes the story have a more in depth quality and makes it look better. I really did enjoy watching this because there is so much to learn in them films. When I first started to watch this nearly 4 hour long DVD I was only going to watch one, maybe 2 of the documentaries then take a break and do the same with the rest until I was slowly finished with them. What really happened was I pressed play, got so caught up in watching it and hearing all of what was being talked about that 4 hours had passed and I had watched all 5 in a row without it even feeling that way.