Confronted with a series of racially charged incidents, a young black man must overcome rage, alienation, and hopelessness in order to find his own humanity.... (Full plot summary below)
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Confronted with a series of racially charged incidents, a young black man must overcome rage, alienation, and hopelessness in order to find his own humanity.
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| Film ThreatAlan NgThe Sleeping Negro is unlike your typical drama in that it has a dreamlike visual tone and style and is more an essay about the trials and tribulations of being black in America. |
| Los Angeles TimesCarlos AguilarDisconcerting in its justified bluntness, Myers’ brisk film is more monologue than movie, but undeniably essential in jolting everyone out of the collective complacency induced by the false perception of progress for all in this country. |
| Slant MagazineMark HansonThough often abstract in its imagery, the film’s blistering commentary remains firmly rooted in our present reality. |
