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  • 2014
  • 1 h 22 m
  • 2014
  • 1 h 22 m

Summary Grace Lee Boggs is a 98-year-old Chinese American woman in Detroit whose vision of revolution will surprise you. A writer, activist, and philosopher rooted for more than 70 years in the African American movement, she has devoted her life to an evolving revolution that encompasses the contradictions of America’s past and its potentially r...

Directed By: Grace Lee

Written By: Grace Lee

  • 2014
  • 1 h 22 m
  • 2014
  • 1 h 22 m

American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs

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Summary Grace Lee Boggs is a 98-year-old Chinese American woman in Detroit whose vision of revolution will surprise you. A writer, activist, and philosopher rooted for more than 70 years in the African American movement, she has devoted her life to an evolving revolution that encompasses the contradictions of America’s past and its potentially r...

Directed By: Grace Lee

Written By: Grace Lee

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90
Jun 19, 2014
A documentary that's admirably frank about the difficulties of insightfully portraying such a widely lauded — and subtly cagey and habitually self-effacing — figure.
By Inkoo Kang FULL REVIEW
90
Mar 18, 2014
This film is one of our best documents of the civil rights era, but it is also a portrait of someone with a singular perspective, a big mind, and a joyous aptitude for conversation.
By Daphne Howland FULL REVIEW
70
Mar 20, 2014
Ms. Lee could have delved more deeply into Ms. Boggs’s thoughts, and slips into glib autopilot by using archival footage with sound effects or repeating ideas of personal transformation. But in sharing her subject’s life achievements, she raises meaningful questions and keeps them profitably open.
By Nicolas Rapold FULL REVIEW
70
Mar 18, 2014
97-year-old Detroit fixture Grace Lee Boggs doesn’t just explode the docile-Asian-female stereotypes Lee set out to question with her earlier pic; she makes an inspiring case for self-determination and intellectual fortitude regardless of background.
By Justin Chang FULL REVIEW

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Release Date Mar 21, 2014
Duration 1 h 22 m
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Website https://www.facebook.com/americanrevolutionaryfilm
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Awards

Woodstock Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Los Angeles Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
San Diego Asian Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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