
Daryl Davis is an accomplished musician who was played all over the world. He also has an unusual hobby, particularly for a middle aged black man. When not displaying his musical chops, Daryl likes to meet and befriend members of the Ku Klux Klan. When many of these people eventually leave the Klan with Daryl's support, Daryl keeps their robes and hoods; building his collection piece by piece, story by story, person by person, in hopes of one day opening a museum of the Klan.... (Full plot summary below)
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Daryl Davis is an accomplished musician who was played all over the world. He also has an unusual hobby, particularly for a middle aged black man. When not displaying his musical chops, Daryl likes to meet and befriend members of the Ku Klux Klan. When many of these people eventually leave the Klan with Daryl's support, Daryl keeps their robes and hoods; building his collection piece by piece, story by story, person by person, in hopes of one day opening a museum of the Klan.
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| HeraldNet (Everett, WA)Robert HortonEngaging, if generic in its approach. And it raises issues that surely demand deeper explanation. |
| Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerThe strongest exchange in the film comes when he is confronted by several angry black activists who believe what he is doing is self-abasing and hurtful to the cause of civil rights. It is left for you to be the judge. I think he’s a hero. Every little bit helps. |
| MTV NewsAmy Nicholson[Davis's] insistence on shaking hands and showing respect — the opposite of the behavior you see on Twitter — patiently chips away at their preconceptions about race. It's like he's trying to carve the Lincoln Memorial with a scalpel. |
| WBAI RadioPrairie MillerFriending The Klan - warts and all. An unusually honest, simultaneously puzzling and provocative mission-fueled bromance of a somewhat itinerant one man political psychotherapist, determined to disarm racists. Or at least one white supremacist at a time. |
| VarietyDennis HarveyThe differing responses Accidental Courtesy is likely to evoke in viewers make it a great conversation-starter for public and educational forums. |
| Los Angeles TimesKimber MyersIt may lack focus in its approach to its subject, but Davis’ compelling character and powerful message keep the audience engaged. |
| NYC Movie GuruAvi OfferIts very thought-provoking, timely content and compelling subject compensate for its deficiencies. |
| Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlDavis holds forth memorably on the histories of country, blues, and rock 'n' roll. (He played with Chuck Berry.) But neither he nor Accidental Courtesy has much time to consider the scene with the BLM activists, who, in the film's schematic presentation, get depicted as something like a Klan equivalent — just less friendly. |
| Slant MagazineElise NakhnikianThe film is a debater with some interesting points to make but no overall argument to contain them. |
| New York TimesGlenn KennyMr. Davis, speaking to Faith Morris of the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, poses a knotty question about how far his cause of eliminating race hate has yet to go. Her reply: “How long is this documentary going to be?” |