'Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power' Review: Sam Pollard and Geeta Gandbhir Grippingly Trace the Roots of Black Suffrage
Did Russell’s prickly relationship with the Boston press and his outspokenness about key sociopolitical events of the time limit the affection he was treated with in his prime? Probably. Was Mays maybe more fully embraced at his athletic peak because he did not appear to be an advocate and firebrand, and have those choices perhaps impacted how his legacy is viewed nearly 50 years after his retirement? Probably.
I’d love to hear a conversation between George and Pollard on this topic, and I’d love for these two solid documentaries to instigate those debates, and I’m mostly excited any time I sit down to watch a sports documentary and it isn’t about the Los Angeles Lakers or any of that franchise’s marquee stars.
Don’t worry, mind you. If you’re a fan of the Lakers and thought last year’s volume of Lakers-based documentary content was actually completely appropriate,‘s all-star gallery of talking heads also includes Magic Johnson, Shaquille O’Neal and Jerry West (once again exhibiting the intensity that various people tried to claim was misrepresented in the scripted