Three Stars

Kevin Wilmott is a good talker with good energy. He tells Sylvia Maria Gross some very interesting things, both about his film and the history of slavery and segregation in this country.

Gross also gets local, and has Wilmott locate the film in the history of Lawrence, Kansas where it was made. I liked that.

I wish she'd talked to him more about the film itself, how it was made, and its possible legacy. I also wanted to hear more and shorter clips.

This interview is one way get this information to listeners.
It's important material and should be covered.

Ideally,
this interview would be a resource for public radio programmers doing their own interviews with Wilmott as his film gains national distribution. Localizing his knowledge to specific communities would best capture listeners' interest.

Anthea Raymond
Editorial Board
March 22, 2006

Great commercial! It did everything that it was supposed to do - it brought me in and made we want to see the film. When is it coming out on DVD? Can I get it on Netflix?

This is not intended as sarcasm, so please don't read it as such. These are just the honest questions that came to mind.

I am starting to believe that a NPR approach to advertising may well be the way to go - nice long form pieces that don't look like commercials but are successful in getting past the defenses and into the head. Great work!