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Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words

2020

Documentary

Documentary Although Clarence Thomas remains a controversial figure, loved by some, reviled by others, few know much more than a few headlines and the recollections of his contentious confirmation battle with Anita Hill. Yet, the personal odyssey of Clarence Thomas is a classic American story and should be better known and understood. His life began in extreme poverty in the segregated South, and moved to the height of the legal profession, as one ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter	"Despite its obvious lack of objectivity, [it] proves an undeniably important historical document, if only for the rare opportunity it provides to hear from its subject directly. Unfortunately, the unintentional portrait it paints is hardly a flattering one"	NEU
United States	Kyle Smith National Review	"A superb documentary delivers a measure of justice to an extraordinary justice."	POS
United States	Jennifer Szalai The New York Times	"The overriding tenor of this documentary is triumphant and upbeat (...) If 'Created Equal' is trying to promote the conservative cause, it does so gently, and blandly"	NEU
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"[It] is revealing even when it doesn't want to be (...) The first half of the movie draws you in"	POS
United States	Michael O'Sullivan The Washington Post	"[It] reveals much, while at the same time leaving us to wonder much (...) It's meant as an opportunity for Thomas to have his full say, without challenge.(…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Gary Goldstein Los Angeles Times	"[The first half] offers an involving, eye-opening look at the early life of Clarence Thomas (...) But the one-sided film’s wheels come off when covering Thomas’ fraught 1991 Senate confirmation hearings"	NEU

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