So I tried to get ahead of the Oscars and I saw this on the documentary short list, so I gave it a try. This is a documentary highlighting an important problem in America, and it's interesting to see it being highlighted practical and also factual. It's a rather basic documentary, but I liked the person being highlighted, and it's overall pretty well done.
Arlo Washington is a barber and a bank owner that highlights the problem with banking, jobs and being a person of color.
I really liked the course this documentary highlights, and I love the way it's presented. It's interring to hear about the colored banking and wealth experience, and it's gut-wrenching to know this is till a problem to this day. It's interesting to see people of color having problem with the system, even after showing the facts that they are just as well paying as any other costumer. Knowing this is still a problem is absolutely insane!
I feel like there could have been more focus on highlighting the problem instead of just the solution. I believe the ending statement, that if this becomes more widespread, this will affect the American system in one way or another. But not a lot of the actual problem is highlighted here, I really wished it showed way more of the discrimination and hear it from the white banks and shop owners too. This leaves the documentary rather safe, but good.
Arlo Washington is a very interesting and nice person. It's interesting to see a person like him really give back to a community that needs it and proving it's a thing that is possible.
Once again this is a pretty good documentary but nothing too exiting. It's pretty well done but needs to go a bit deeper than it does.
Oscar predictions! This might be nominated in the end. It's a pretty safe bet with a subject that will speak to the academy. It might even have a chance to win. But I need to see more to really determine it. But it has a chance, just because of the subject.
