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The story focuses on Newark's Baraka family and its involvement in social activism, poetry, music, art and politics.
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| Film ThreatSabina Dana PlasseAlthough it is interview-heavy, a great deal of archival footage fills out the movie. Udi Aloni offers education and insight into amazing people, motivating you to learn more about them. |
| Los Angeles TimesSarah-Tai BlackIf Morris and Aloni’s film is unfocused and weak in its patterning and construction, it is equally an important record of a living history that refuses to mythologize itself. |
| The New York TimesDevika GirishIt’s a story that spans past and present, arts and politics, and kin and country — and the movie, with its haphazard editing, struggles to contain it all. |
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