This is a movie based on a true story about racism in the 60's.
Richard Kelly, a young intelligent black man, who was arrested during the 1965 Watts riots in Los Angeles, California. He would be able to avoid prison if he attended an all-white seminary. Kelly finds friendship and counsel in the "gardener in the basement" as Kelly describes Samuel Benton. I am confused as to what kind of seminary he attended. The thing is I really wanted to like this movie. The stories of integration and racial reconciliation have so many characters and layers that I cannot help but be moved by a number of them. But I can’t follow a film that lacks a driving story line and some connective tissue between the scenes, it seemed very choppy and I wonder if it was edited too much. This is an inspiring movie that is not sugar coated.
