{"id":11758,"date":"2015-07-03T12:47:33","date_gmt":"2015-07-03T16:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=11758"},"modified":"2015-07-03T12:47:33","modified_gmt":"2015-07-03T16:47:33","slug":"dvd-chisholm-72-unbought-unbossed-2004","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=11758","title":{"rendered":"DVD: Chisholm 72 – Unbought & Unbossed (2004)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"Chisholm72\"<\/a>Film<\/strong>: Excellent<\/p>\n

Transfer<\/strong>: \u00a0Very Good<\/p>\n

Extras<\/strong>: n\/a<\/p>\n

Label:\u00a0<\/strong>20th Century Fox<\/p>\n

Region:<\/strong>\u00a01 (NTSC)<\/p>\n

Released:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0March 1, 2005<\/p>\n

Genre:<\/strong>\u00a0 Documentary \/ Politics \/ Women’s Movement<\/p>\n

Synopsis:<\/strong>\u00a0The first African-American woman elected to the U.S. Senate, Shirley Chisholm, runs for President in 1972.<\/p>\n

Special Features:<\/strong>\u00a0 (none)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Review:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The divisive issues of 1972 – the Vietnam War, Nixon’s re-election, poverty in America’s lower income neighborhoods – were key factors in motivating Shirley Chisholm to take a chance at the top job in America, and though the dream was as real as her then-current membership in the largely all-male U.S. Senate, she also knew the odds at success were just plain lousy.<\/p>\n

So why would a Congresswoman risk her stature and expose herself to vicious chauvinism and ridicule by her peers?<\/p>\n

Shola Lynch’s documentary is a tightly crafted narrative that flips between a rich collection of surviving A and B camera news footage, and new interviews with many of the people who supported her bid, including those who swapped allegiance when it was clear she had no chance during a key Democratic convention. More important, however, are the perspectives that assemble a vivid portrait of a woman who wanted to carve a path for other women and visible minorities to earn careers not only in Congress, but also in local and state jurisdictions.<\/p>\n

Chisholm’s personality is a feisty one, and her frank exchanges are partly responsible for attracting support from a percentage of registered Democrats, although critics found her vainglorious efforts robbed stronger candidates of the support they needed to fight and beat the Nixon campaign.<\/p>\n

In a post-9\/11 environment – and even more after the second war with Iraq – the divisions within the Democratic Party and disagreements with Republican policies are amazingly contemporary; it’s the documentary’s strongest quality, although Chisholm herself becomes a more compelling character when the loss of her key supporters puts an end to a dream that was so heartfelt.<\/p>\n

20th Century Fox’s DVD is a bare bones release, and while a commentary track or straight Q&A with the director would have contributed needed insight into the project’s genesis, research, and editorial challenges, it’s still a marvelous work. The 1.78:1 ratio is very tight when standard 1.33:1 news footage is cropped, but Lynch and her editors get around the problem by employing a series of retro, split-screen sequences for contrast and colour, and a few of Chisholm’s archival speeches benefit from the multi-angle approach. The documentary also benefits from a bouncy music score, particularly Barry Eastmond’s funky theme for Chisholm.<\/p>\n

Sometimes the most compelling and relevant issues reside in lesser-known historical figuress, and regardless of one’s politics, Chisholm ’72<\/strong>\u00a0is a lively, albeit bittersweet journey.<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 2005 Mark R. Hasan<\/p>\n

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External References:<\/strong>
\nEditor’s Blog<\/a> — IMDB<\/a>
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\nAmazon.ca<\/a>\"\" \"\" —\u00a0<\/span> Amazon.com<\/a>\"\" \"\" —\u00a0<\/span> Amazon.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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