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An American Love Story [VHS]

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When I started watching this film I didn't know really it would be so long, but I must confess I couldn't stop. It was already 5am and I couldn't take my eyes out of the screen.

Being a Brazilian, I grew-up in a country where the most normal thing is to see marriages in between blacks and whites, Orientals and whites, Orientals and blacks, etc. Even having an European background I do feel myself partly African, Italian, Japanese, Jewish, etc. All these people together with our native Indians built my country. I'm proud to be part of it and feel grateful for the extensive cultural knowledge I've learned from it. I believe we all are equal, doesn't matter if you're white, black, yellow, red or even blue.

This movie shows the live of a 'mixed' couple in a very sensitive, clear way. It doesn't favour any side. It shows that we all breathe the same air, we all have the same problems. Let's not complicate by creating new problems! Bill and Karen are parents as every parent out there. As my grand-mother would say: "Parents are all the same. They only change addresses". It doesn't matter the colour; the concerns are the same. After you watch this movie, you might start loving blacks and whites the same way.

They did an excellent job with this movie. I would recommend it to be shown in schools throughout America. Why not throughout the whole world! The whole world can learn from it, not only Americans.

Once again, I congratulate Mrs. Jennifer Fox, family Wilson-Sims and team for this great job. This film is now one of my favourites.

I really loved this video. If you like docu-dramas you will love this. After the first hour you will feel like you know these people yourself. You will be compelled to want to form opinions and feelings about the issues. Very well done. Something more people in america need to see. A very real look at race relations in the US.

The most wonderful quality of "An American Love Story" was that it was highly entertaining and subtly educational without getting hokey.

Initially, I felt ten hours was too much time for me to sit and watch anything, least of all some documentary dealing with racism. But I was quickly drawn in and taken on a wild ride.

I am a 31 year old white male from a highly affluent community. In spite of the wealthy zip code, my family was quite middle class. I graduated from an expensive college, but only after $10K in student loans. The racism in my town was invisible. You didn't see it because there were no minorities in my town.

Unlike so many other films and tv shows addressing this topic, I didn't feel like the "bad white person" being hit over the head. Nor did I feel that all these characters did was complain without trying to help solve a complicated problem. Rather, I learned that what the subjects of "An American Love Story" seemed to want most was to live their lives like the rest of us.

Before seeing An American Love Story, I didn't think I knew people like this. Afterwards, I was surprised to discover my own racism but inspired to think that perhaps I could change myself. I hope someday we can stop using the terrible word "minority". If I am the majority, then I must be honest and say the "majority" has made life unnecessarily difficult for this American family.