Filmmaker Grace Lee tracks the evolving beliefs and activism of philosopher Grace Lee Boggs. Viewers learn about Boggs' activist contributions in Detroit and her involvement in the Black Power movement.[2]
American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs premiered at the 2013 Los Angeles Film Festival.[1] It received a limited theatrical release in Los Angeles on June 20, 2014, and aired on the PBS series POV on June 30, 2014.[3]
Receptionedit
Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, reports that 83% of six reviewers gave the film a positive review; the average rating was 7/10.[4]Metacritic rated it 78/100 based on four reviews.[5] Justin Chang of Variety called it a "lively and intelligent documentary" that is "spryly paced and deftly assembled".[6] Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter wrote, "In an era in which social activism is far too often derided, American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs represents a deeply moving examination of the power of a single individual to affect change."[7] Inkoo Kang of the Los Angeles Times described it as a "superb documentary" that is "admirably frank about the difficulties of insightfully portraying such a widely lauded — and subtly cagey and habitually self-effacing — figure."[8]
Nicolas Rapold of The New York Times writes, "Ms. Lee could have delved more deeply into Ms. Boggs's thoughts, and slips into glib autopilot by using archival footage with sound effects or repeating ideas of personal transformation. But in sharing her subject's life achievements, she raises meaningful questions and keeps them profitably open."[9] Scholar Ronald W. Bailey, in his review, said the film's "approach works well in providing an honest, compassionate portrait of an important life we should all want to better understand," and went on to state that "I learned new things from the film that will be useful in my continuing study and teaching... It treats the subject of this Asian American woman’s life in a way that will inform people of all nationalities and highlight linkages across the divides of color/race, class, culture and nationality, consciousness, gender, and age."[10] Writing in Cineaste, critic Dan Georgakas states that Lee's "long-term commitment and craft as a director have resulted in an engaging portrait of a most remarkable woman. American Revolutionary also demonstrates that visual media can provide effective platforms for intellectual discourse."[11]
In 2021, the documentary was also used as part of the May 19 Project. May 19 is the birth date of both Malcolm X and Yuri Kochiyama. The May 19th Project is a UCLA project meant to encourage and explore Asian American solidarity with the African American community.[13] Clips from American Revolutionary are used to highlight how Boggs and her husband James Boggs "plant visionary seeds" and to explore what solidarity looks like.[14]
^"American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs". American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
^Gupta, Shipra (2014-06-18). "Watch: Activist Grace Lee Boggs Contemplates the Meaning of Revolution in Exclusive Clip from 'American Revolutionary'". Indiewire. Retrieved 2014-10-05.
^"American Revolutionary: The Evolution Of Grace Lee Boggs (2014)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2014-10-05.
^"American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs". Metacritic. Retrieved 2014-10-05.
^ abChang, Justin (2013-06-24). "Film Review: 'American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs'". Variety. Retrieved 2014-10-05.
^"American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. 2014-03-20. Retrieved 2014-10-05.
^Kang, Inkoo (2014-06-19). "Review 'The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs' is superb look at activist". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2014-10-05.
^Rapold, Nicolas (2014-03-20). "Tracing an Activist Through Decades". The New York Times. Retrieved 2014-10-05.
^Bailey, Ronald W. (2013). "American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs—A Review". Fire!!!. 2 (1): 60–85. doi:10.5323/fire.2.1.0060. JSTOR 10.5323/fire.2.1.0060.
^Georgakas, Dan (2014). "Review of American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Boggs". Cinéaste. 39 (3): 55–57. JSTOR 43500694.
^"Woodstock Film Festival 2013: 'The Forgotten Kingdom' the audience favorite". Daily Freeman. 2013-10-07. Retrieved 2014-10-05.
^"UCLA-led video campaign focuses on multiracial solidarity for AAPI month". UCLA. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs at IMDb
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American Revolutionary The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs is a 2013 American biographical documentary film directed by Grace Lee American Revolutionary The Evolution of Grace Lee BoggsDirected byGrace LeeWritten byGrace LeeProduced byGrace Lee Caroline Libresco Austin WilkinStarringGrace Lee BoggsCinematographyJerry A Henry Quyen TranEdited byKim RobertsMusic byVivek MaddalaProductioncompaniesCherry Sky Pictures Center for Asian American Media Chicken amp Egg PicturesRelease dateJune 16 2013 2013 06 16 LAFF 1 Running time82 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Cast 3 Release 4 Reception 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksSynopsis editFilmmaker Grace Lee tracks the evolving beliefs and activism of philosopher Grace Lee Boggs Viewers learn about Boggs activist contributions in Detroit and her involvement in the Black Power movement 2 Cast editGrace Lee Boggs Grace Lee Bill Ayers Angela Davis Rich Feldman Danny Glover Shea Howell Invincible Scott Kurashige Julia Putnam Ron Scott Stephen WardRelease editAmerican Revolutionary The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs premiered at the 2013 Los Angeles Film Festival 1 It received a limited theatrical release in Los Angeles on June 20 2014 and aired on the PBS series POV on June 30 2014 3 Reception editRotten Tomatoes a review aggregator reports that 83 of six reviewers gave the film a positive review the average rating was 7 10 4 Metacritic rated it 78 100 based on four reviews 5 Justin Chang of Variety called it a lively and intelligent documentary that is spryly paced and deftly assembled 6 Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter wrote In an era in which social activism is far too often derided American Revolutionary The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs represents a deeply moving examination of the power of a single individual to affect change 7 Inkoo Kang of the Los Angeles Times described it as a superb documentary that is admirably frank about the difficulties of insightfully portraying such a widely lauded and subtly cagey and habitually self effacing figure 8 Nicolas Rapold of The New York Times writes Ms Lee could have delved more deeply into Ms Boggs s thoughts and slips into glib autopilot by using archival footage with sound effects or repeating ideas of personal transformation But in sharing her subject s life achievements she raises meaningful questions and keeps them profitably open 9 Scholar Ronald W Bailey in his review said the film s approach works well in providing an honest compassionate portrait of an important life we should all want to better understand and went on to state that I learned new things from the film that will be useful in my continuing study and teaching It treats the subject of this Asian American woman s life in a way that will inform people of all nationalities and highlight linkages across the divides of color race class culture and nationality consciousness gender and age 10 Writing in Cineaste critic Dan Georgakas states that Lee s long term commitment and craft as a director have resulted in an engaging portrait of a most remarkable woman American Revolutionary also demonstrates that visual media can provide effective platforms for intellectual discourse 11 It won the Audience Awards at Los Angeles Film Festival 6 and the San Diego Asian Film Festival as well as Best Documentary at the Woodstock Film Festival 12 In 2021 the documentary was also used as part of the May 19 Project May 19 is the birth date of both Malcolm X and Yuri Kochiyama The May 19th Project is a UCLA project meant to encourage and explore Asian American solidarity with the African American community 13 Clips from American Revolutionary are used to highlight how Boggs and her husband James Boggs plant visionary seeds and to explore what solidarity looks like 14 See also editHistory of the Chinese Americans in Metro DetroitReferences edit a b American Revolutionary The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs Los Angeles Film Festival Archived from the original on 2013 07 17 Retrieved 2014 10 05 American Revolutionary The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs American Revolutionary The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs Retrieved 2021 09 13 Gupta Shipra 2014 06 18 Watch Activist Grace Lee Boggs Contemplates the Meaning of Revolution in Exclusive Clip from American Revolutionary Indiewire Retrieved 2014 10 05 American Revolutionary The Evolution Of Grace Lee Boggs 2014 Rotten Tomatoes Retrieved 2014 10 05 American Revolutionary The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs Metacritic Retrieved 2014 10 05 a b Chang Justin 2013 06 24 Film Review American Revolutionary The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs Variety Retrieved 2014 10 05 American Revolutionary The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs Film Review The Hollywood Reporter 2014 03 20 Retrieved 2014 10 05 Kang Inkoo 2014 06 19 Review The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs is superb look at activist Los Angeles Times Retrieved 2014 10 05 Rapold Nicolas 2014 03 20 Tracing an Activist Through Decades The New York Times Retrieved 2014 10 05 Bailey Ronald W 2013 American Revolutionary The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs A Review Fire 2 1 60 85 doi 10 5323 fire 2 1 0060 JSTOR 10 5323 fire 2 1 0060 Georgakas Dan 2014 Review of American Revolutionary The Evolution of Boggs Cineaste 39 3 55 57 JSTOR 43500694 Woodstock Film Festival 2013 The Forgotten Kingdom the audience favorite Daily Freeman 2013 10 07 Retrieved 2014 10 05 UCLA led video campaign focuses on multiracial solidarity for AAPI month UCLA Retrieved 2021 09 13 Unite AAPI See Us Retrieved 2021 09 13 External links editAmerican Revolutionary The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs at IMDb nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title American Revolutionary The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs amp oldid 1168721311, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
