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We Demand

2016 · 10 min

A brief, austere reenactment that feels like watching history spoken aloud, restrained and quietly weighty.

Overview
We Demand revisits a ten-day period of unprecedented student upheaval at the University of Virginia in 1970, during the height of the anti-Vietnam War movement. The film reenacts the delivery of two sets of demands regarding action to be taken on campus and in the wider political sphere, spoken by budding activist James R. Roebuck, the first African American president of UVA’s Student Council.

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    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • politics
    • race
    • power
    • rebellion
    • war
    Places
    • school
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • true story
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
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    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour1
    Realism8
    Romance0
    Tension4
    Darkness4
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight5

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Claudrena Harold, Kevin Jerome Everson
    Written by
    Claudrena Harold, Kevin Jerome Everson
    Starring
    Ricky Goldman, Richard Warner, Ryan Leach
    Runtime
    10 min
    Country
    United States of America
    Languages
    English

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