Amend: The Fight for America (2021)
Promotional graphic for "Amend: Fight for America," (c) Netflix
This is an excellent primer on U.S. Constitutional Amendment Fourteen that often is overshadowed by debates over the First or the Second Amendment rights.
Robe Imbriano, creator and co-writer takes us on a journey into the past that truly illuminates the present.
Host Will Smith and a group of actors, scholars and activists, along with archival prints and photos help us understand important issues of citizenship and freedom crucial to our continued existence as a democracy.
The film is more than a documentary, with well-known actors performing the words of important historical figures. The actors are effective in voicing the words of the famous people we see in the prints and photographs.