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Blind Faith [VHS]

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To me this is a story with many simple yet powerful messages. It quite accurately reflects the social attitudes of the 50s, especially as regards blacks (I won't go further for fear of giving away one of the plot twists). It forcefully leads us question our own priorities in life when making important decisions.

The story captures one's interest right away and doesn't let go of that interest all the rest of the way through. Going along with this, I must make the point that one just cannot help constantly feeling for the young man who is faced with the need of pleasing his father, on the one hand, and doing what is best for himself on the other.

The acting performances, especially by the young man, his father, and his lawyer, are powerful and forceful and don't sacrifice reality for the sake of dramatic effect. In fact, I found it very easy to put myself into the shoes of all of these characters and feel the stresses each one was experiencing.

The story is very true to life. It doesn't pull any punches and is told very straightforwardly and honestly.

In closing, I say that if I could give this movie a sixth star, I would do so. It goes without saying that it is a "must see," especially for those of us who are interested in facing life as it is rather than living constantly in a fantasy world.

Of all the dozens of excellent films I have in my collection on VHS, this remains the film I would most like to see transferred to DVD. What a gem!

When I originally purchased it without knowing a thing about it, I was slightly intrigued by the fact that the synopsis on the video box makes the film sound like a gritty suspense thriller, one of my favorite genres. The plot sounded interesting - a young black student is accused of murdering a white teen in NYC during the 1950's. OK, sounds like an intriguing piece of drama, I'll take it. So I took it home and was utterly blown away. One plot twist after another, fantastic acting, and a surprise theme about homophobia (which turns out to be the main point of the film) kept me riveted to my seat for the entire film.

The story was believable, the drama intense, and the ending heartbreaking. I kept thinking about this film for days after I'd seen it, and since then I have lent my VHS to a half dozen friends, all of who were as emotionally effected by its sincerity as I was. This minor masterpiece, which sadly seems to be quite obscure, is a piece of drama that I would not hesitate to recommend to anyone. If you can manage to find it anywhere, rent it, purchase it, copy it, or steal it. You won't be sorry.

Surprisingly, this movie was excellent, if not for the story it told about the struggle of African Americans before the Civil Rights Movement, then certainly for the story it tells about homophobia, and the bigotry that exists in every community, minority or otherwise. I would recommend this movie to any person of color who is also an affectational minority.

Blind Faith is one of the best films of 1998. I truly enjoyed the content. I think that this movie shows one of the many struggles that African-American faced back in the days, other than being just black. This movie sends a strong message to those who might be dealing with problems pertaining to race and sexual preference. I think this eye-opening film truly deserves so sort of achievement award for it's courage in portraying an everyday ordeal of living in America against the odds.

**Excellent movie, great reviews, and a great cast and plot. I would recommend this to anyone who seeks to understand the complexities that exist between people of color communities and sexuality. This films illuminates the intersection of race, class, sexuality, misogyny.

I never heard of this movie. Didn't know that it even existed until today. I was flipping looking for a picture to watch, and this came up and it was something. I could tell from the get go that something was definitely amiss in this case. I felt that perhaps something wrong something else was being covered up here. I couldn't understand it, but you couldn't 'help but feel the tension. The actors, Courtney B.Vance, Charles S.Dutton, Kadeem Hardison as the three brothers who were in deep conflict with each other was great. Lonetta McKee and supporting cast gave it their all and sadly what is a good movie just don't have much press and should be shown.

Before It's Time! This is probably one of if, not the most underrated, under-the-radar movie I've ever seen! Perfectly Acted and Emotionally Moving to say the least...

Yesterday while flipping channels I came upon Blind Faith. My good fortune. What a powerful look at race and racism in the 1950's, family dynamics, sexuality and the phobias attached. Charles Dutton, Coutney Vance, Vonetta McGee, Kadeem Hardison( i probably botched the spelling) and all the actors associated with this venture provided strong believable characters. Having been a child of the 50's this film brought back memories of what it was like. Not all good memories. I wanted to shout about this movie with others and found out that neither Blockbuster nor Netfliz has this movie in stock. Why????? If you have the chance to see Blind Faith you will not be disapointed. This is a must see for those of us who do remember and those who must remember when!!

Excellant Movie that needs to be on DVD format
Got the opportunity to see this on Showtime by accident. A keeper that I would love to have on DVD.
Just tried to queue on Blockbuster, of course no success....as it is probably only in vhs format.
Don't miss the opportunity to view this....