One word...fantastic. I missed the first showing, but I saw a repeat early this morning. Story, cast, acting...wonderful.
Check out the Mos (LOVE HIM!) interview on
www.hbo.com. Favorite portion of the interview
"Well, a lot of things have changed. There's still quiet segregation in a lot of American life. In the climate he was living in, it was really the law of the land. I think nowadays, it's much more clandestine and not so easily detectable.
But in his day, coming up as a young man with a family, it was the law of the land; it was the letter of the law. And what appealed to me about Dr. Thomas is the way that he navigated and negotiated a relationship with himself in those environments.
You know, there's a way that the world feels about a man, and then there's a way that the man feels about himself. And I think Dr. Thomas had a very clear idea of who he was and what he wanted to do. And he just had this extraordinary focus, and he was a very sensitive and aware.
When he started to work in medicine, he was definitely an anomaly. And he stood out. He just negotiated a very different relationship with his surroundings that allowed him to stay focused and didn't disturb his aim. "
Read the rest...
http://www.hbo.com/films/stlm/interviews/mos_def.html