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i was surprised at the things that went on in this movie. i watched it with my class and it really gave me a great insight to what really did go on in Birmingham, Alabama 1963. i would recommend it to anyone who is looking to learn about the civil rights movement, or just wants to watch a great movie that is really touching. The things that it shows in the movie are a little graphic at times, and show pictures of people being attacked by animals, but nothing to horrible. Normally movies i watch in school bore me, but this particular movie did not bore me at all, and my attention was kept at all times. In addition to being interesting, it had a lot of great facts that i eventually based a report on later in the year. The Children's March has information from primary source documents, and interview of people who lived in Birmingham, Alabama during the time that all this was happening. All of this added together comes together to make a movie all about how the African American children did things that the parents couldn't do.

Many people would love to see this great film shot with 8mm cameras with 200 African- American kids working as extras to depict 1963 America. This is a one hour documentary about Martin Luther King and the children of Birmingham that marched in 1963 to bring the media into the light. The producers of this documentary were nominated the previous year for documentary academy award nomination. The next year this documentary was produced and paid for by HBO. It won the Academy Award in 2005. Wish HBO would show this documentary about Martin Luther King Jr. I wonder why. Never was shown to the public after it won the Academy Award for "short Documentary'. Chris Rock presented the Award on TV even. Is that weird. Please show this to the public. Thank you.