Runaway Slave – Must see documentary!
While at Restoring Love last week in Dallas, one of the events my family attended was a screening of the documentary, Runaway Slave. It was profoundly moving and eye-opening. We had the privilege of viewing the film and then having a short Q&A with C.L. Bryant, Alveda King, and others who were part of the documentary.
Here is what Runaway Slave’s website has to say:
“In RUNAWAY SLAVE, an intriguing new documentary that opens in theaters this summer, Rev. C.L. Bryant journeys across America to find answers. A one-time NAACP local chapter president, Rev. Bryant discovers that by buying into the entitlement mindset of ‘progressives,’ the black community has traded one form of tyranny for another.
Using leading black conservatives as ‘conductors,’ Rev. Bryant believes it is time for a new Underground Railroad to help liberate all Americans from the Government plantation that has left the black community dealing with a new form of slavery: entitlements.
‘Why are we still thinking we are not free at last? What ideas are keeping us down?’ Rev. Bryant asks. ‘For too long, we have been depending on other people for our success. We have to pursue our happiness; our happiness is not provided to us. If we are relying on someone else for our wellbeing, that in itself is a form of slavery.’
From our nation’s capital and freedom’s birthplace, to the dens of slavery and Jim Crow, to wherever a light for liberty is shining, this runaway slave looks to bring hope to the oppressed. Among the leaders he talks with along the way are Dr. King’s niece, Dr. Alveda King; former presidential candidate Herman Cain; Congressman Allen West; economist and author Dr. Thomas Sowell; talk-show host and author Glenn Beck; the late Andrew Breitbart. We also meet a new generation of young freedom fighters who are on the front lines of change!
Rev. Bryant’s conclusion? It’s time to run. ‘Run away from economic slavery. Run toward the blessings of liberty. Let us remain strong in this fight. Run away from socialism; run away from progressivism. And if you get tired, America … run harder!’
This summer, celebrate your freedom by running as fast and as hard as you can to see RUNAWAY SLAVE in theaters.”
I strongly recommend going to see this film if it is playing in your community. The film’s creators are working to meet the criteria for public screenings so that this work can be considered for the Documentary category for the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) awards. Let’s help make that happen!
Learn more about Runaway Slave here, including how to request it to be screened in your community.
If you’ve already seen the movie, please let us know your thoughts and reactions.
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What are the chances of this film being shown at theaters in Philadelphia. I would love to see!
If you link to their website you can see where the film is currently playing. I am unfamiliar with PA geography, but there is a theater in Warrington that is screening it.
There are also some suggestions for how to get your local theaters to show it. I remember Rev. Bryant saying they were trying to get the required number of screenings so they would qualify for Academy consideration. This may an avenue for activism that Buzzers can pursue.
This was absolutely awesome! I have never considered progressivism and socialism to be couched in these terms, but the Reverend is absolutely correct. He asked some very killer questions about the “whys.” I applaud him for working on the answers. We might win our freedoms back if we are willing to address the very questions that this minister brought up. In the mean time, the “butcher’s bill” is adding up in Chicago with more death and mayhem. More people’s lives have forever been altered. We need to realize that there is a God who sees us. So, don’t give up real hope, and stop believing in the false hope of someone who claims to be able to solve your every problems. bo only wants you to give up your rights so he can impose his authority.
Geee…that guy is sure RAAAAC-ist!
The Rev has been working on this project for many years and is a strong black American conservative with a deep love for those who are suffering under the oppression of government handouts, which are only enough to keep the poor needy. There is never enough and if and when they want to break out of the enslavement the regulations are written to reel them back in.
Now the Obama Adm. is trying to do the exact small thing to our small businesses. though regulatory rules and gov. subsidies, locking them into socialistic control. The 2008 crash pushed property ownership fully into government control. If cap and trade passes they will control the very air we breathe and they will have full control over ALL of us forever.
They will have control over our food, health, property, shelter, energy and finally, air. This is communism/socialism and we MUST push back strongly against those politician’s who back policies that keep American’s down rather then build ALL of us up together. That’s my rant, thanks for reading.
And a good rant it was! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you.
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