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The 24th

2020

Kevin Willmott

Trai Byers, Bashir Salahuddin, Aja Naomi King, Mo McRae ...

6.2

26

Drama It is the story of the all-black Twenty-Fourth United States Infantry Regiment, and the Houston Riot of 1917.

	Author	Review
United States	Andrew Barker Variety	"Buoyed by a charismatic performance from star and co-screenwriter Trai Byers, 'The 24th' can at times be cumbersomely didactic and formulaic, but it finds plenty of contemporary relevance in a story that should be far more widely known than it is."	POS
United States	Richard Brody The New Yorker	"[It] builds a foundation of Black culture as a force of self-definition and self-affirmation—of shared joy and collective purpose (...) [A] is a remarkable film"	POS
United States	Jeannette Catsoulis The New York Times	"[It] dramatizes real-life events so inherently appalling — and so presently relevant — that we should never feel less than engaged. Yet (...) makes its points with such a heavy hand that its horrors struggle to resonate."	NEU
United States	David Fear Rolling Stone	"[It] is both a corrective and a reminder of how far we still need to go (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Lindsey Bahr Chicago Tribune	"A sobering and worthwhile film for its exploration of the subject of police brutality and race and how little has really changed in over a century (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	POS

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