#28: The New Black (2013)

This documentary made me cry. It masterfully depicts the intersection between the black community, the black church, and LGBT rights in America. The story focuses on the historical fight to win marriage equality in the state of Maryland in 2012 after California passed Proposition 8 in 2008 and the impact that black voters had on both of those votes. Being a resident of Washington, DC during the 2012 election, I am very familiar with Question 6 having seen ads on local t.v. stations for both sides of the issue as Prince George's County, just outside of DC, was a major battleground. It's always remarkable to me that, with all black folks have gone through in this country, many of us fail to recognize that universal truth that we as a human race are all interdependent. To take away rights from one man, is to take away freedom from us all. As Dr. Martin Luther King said, "I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be." Amen.