like a lot of people who have commented and wondered why this movie has such a low rating, i can really find a lot of positives from this movie even if you can't relate to it based on colour of your skin, theirs some basic principles i feel we can all benefit from. The acting was OK, no where near Gladiator quality of course, and i understand that some people don't like the way their race was portrayed through out the movie but i don't think that should be a problem, any one remember "Birth of a Nation" scored pretty high on here anyway. Point is this was based around a true story and it briefly YES briefly showed how narrow minded people are, if not then but also now. Don't lie to yourself decent movie.