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Reviewed on September 1, 2011 | Media
This film traces the life and career of journalist and social activist John Howard Griffin (1920–80), best remembered for his controversial and groundbreaking book Black Like Me (1961), in which the white author reported on his experiences traveling through the Deep South in 1959 posing as an African American. Filmmaker Atkinson (Soul Searching: The Journey of Thomas Merton) touches on that work but focuses more on the pe...Log In or Sign Up to Read More