I Am or How Jack Became Black
Is race a truth or a power?
Film20171h 36m
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- Director
- Eli Steele
- Language
- English
- Released
- 2017-02-21
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
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After his son is denied enrollment by the local elementary school for not identifying his "primary race," a multiracial father journeys through America's maze of Identity Politics to better understand our relentless preoccupation with race.
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